Austria - 3.9% pay increase for bookbinders - April 30, 2025

The union GPA and representatives of the Federal Guild of Arts and Crafts, the professional branch of commercial bookbinders, cardboard goods, and case manufacturers, reached a new collective agreement for the approximately 1,500 employees in the industry. Wages will increase by 3.9%. The allowances for apprentices and night shift allowances will also increase by 3.9%. The increases took effect on 1 April 2025. The new wage scales will be valid for 12 months.

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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.
You may find further information on the ETUI at www.etui.org.