Austrian Airlines Is Threatened With a Strike from its Personnel

OrganizationsOther ♦ Published: March 28, 2023; 23:50 ♦ (Vindobona)

In a work meeting on Tuesday, Austrian Airlines' (AUA) onboard staff rejected the proposed new collective agreement. There is now a deadline of April 6 for the negotiations to continue. A strike is imminent if no agreement is reached.

The Austrian Airlines Onboard Staff Wants to Negotiate Better Wages for them and if an Agreement is not Reached Until April 6, A Strike Will be Imminent. / Picture: © Austrian Airlines / Flickr Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 2.0 Generic (CC BY-NC-SA 2.0)

Around 1,200 pilots and flight attendants attended the meeting. According to AUA, salaries would be raised by at least ten percent. However, the merger of two salary scales would result in an average salary increase of 12.3 percent. For flight attendants in the lower pay grades, the offer would even mean an increase in income of up to 23 percent. In addition, the ten percent salary…