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Steelworkers prepare for the first warning shots Monday
VIENNA. Unions do not feel taken seriously Employers are surprised to hear about the end of negotiations.
"The phone offer was disrespectful to the employees and we will not be left behind." Rainer Wimmer, President of the Pro-Ge Production Union Image: Alexandre Schwarzl
It was almost expected: the fifth round of negotiations on the wages of the metalworking industry failed during the night of yesterday. Monday's warning strikes are very likely. But where and when will the unions start do not want to say.
It was also to be expected that the two delegations participating in the negotiations would blame each other. The union negotiator, the top-Austrian Rainer Wimmer (Pro-Ge), felt "planted": contrary to what was presented on the other hand, the employers would have offered in a personal conversation that's an increase of 2%. This is only later than there was a subsequent phone offer of 2.7%. "With such an offer, everything sounds," says Wimmer.
As a result, employers lack respect for employees. Wimmer believes justified the initial demand of more than 5% increase in wages and salaries: If one relies on a successful year, the economic conditions were as good as a long time ago.
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"We thought our offer was fair," spokesman for merger negotiations Christian Knill said. The 2.7% offered, including concessions in the framework, would represent a total supply of more than 3%.
The strikes have Knill but already planned. "I think the strikes were already planned," Knill said yesterday. A strike day in the metallurgical industry (FMTI) with its 1200 companies costs between 30 and 50 million euros. "Strikes do not bring anything to anyone except confusion and cost," Knill said.
On Monday, the unions launched warning strikes – at the moment only in companies in the metallurgical industry.
> Video: Metaller before warning
Strikes and negotiations
In the other five parts of the KV, negotiations with about 60,000 employees will continue Monday. In the meantime, we still do not know when discussions in FMTI will continue. "One thing is certain: we need a new collective agreement," Wimmer said during the conversation at OÖN. But they will think of an appointment for a new round of talks at the earliest next week.
Employers were always ready to talk "even on weekends," said an employer representative during the conversation with OÖN. (Hn / prel)
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