Austria: 80 Percent Opposed to 12-Hour-Working Day

More+ › Work & Careers ♦ Published: September 19, 2013; 20:34 ♦ (Vindobona)

A survey of a Socialist trade union shows that 80 percent of employees are opposed of a working day of twelve hours.

Austria: 80 Percent Opposed to 12-Hour-Working Day / Picture: © Wikimedia Commons / Jack Georges [Public Domain]

The Social Democrats in Austria have one at least one vote before the elections. According to a survey, which was commissioned by members of the Socialist Trade Union and carried out by Ifes-Institute among 500 employees, 80 percent of the persons questionned are opposed an increase of the daily maximum working hours from ten to twelve hours. According to the survey, 27 percent are…

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