Austria - Hospital workers prepare for strike - October 31, 2022

Trade union vida is demanding €500 more per month or a minimum wage of €2,000 for the 10,000 employees of the religious order hospitals. Collective bargaining takes place under difficult conditions due to the high inflation. In a conference, the works councils of the religious order hospitals voted on the vida demands. In view of the high inflation, it was decided that the trade union’s bargaining team should stick to the demand of a monthly gross minimum wage of €2,000 and that trade union measures should be initiated. From 4-10 November the employees will be surveyed. The works councils have asked the vida executive committee to immediately obtain a precautionary strike approval from the trade union confederation ÖGB.

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