AUA´s Workforce May Decide Against New Collective Agreement

TransportAirlines & Airports ♦ Published: April 28, 2012; 15:42 ♦ (Vindobona)

After months of heated debates, the works council and the management agreed on a new collective agreement. The aircrew must approve the agreement.

AUA´s Workforce May Decide Against New Collective Agreement / Picture: © Austrian Airlines / Flickr Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 2.0 Generic (CC BY-NC-SA 2.0)

For months, the aircrew and the management had severe disputes over the new collective agreement. This week, both sides agreed to cut personnel costs. The head of the aircrew´s works council Karl Minhard now called the workforce for support. The aircrew has to approve the decision before the agreement comes in to force. 2,300 employees are concerned, 75% of them have to vote for the…