Austria - Agreement for chemical industry - April 30, 2025

In the third collective bargaining round for the approximately 50,000 employees in the chemical industry, an agreement was reached after 13 hours of negotiations. Wages and salaries will increase by 2.65%, with a minimum increase of € 80 and a maximum increase of € 113, effective 1 May 2025. Salaries for the top employment groups V to VI will be raised by a fixed amount of € 60. Wages of apprentices will increase by 2.65%.

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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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