Austria - Metal workers demand 10.6% pay rise - September 30, 2022

The trade unions set out their demands during the negotiations on collective agreements in the metal industry with its around 200,000 employees. They include a salary and wage increase of 10.6%, the introduction of a surcharge for Saturday work, a higher overtime premium from the tenth working hour, easier access to the sixth week of vacation and a starting salary of €1,000 for apprenticeship trainees.

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For more information, please contact Paul de Beer or Oana Ciuca, De Burcht (Scientific Bureau for the Dutch Trade Union Movement) p.t.debeer@uva.nl or the Head of communications at the ETUI, Mehmet Koksal mkoksal@etui.org. For previous full issues of the Collective bargaining newsletter please visit https://www.etui.org/Newsletters/Collective-bargaining-newsletter or consult the archive with all articles in our database at www.cbnarchive.eu.
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