Bargaining Suspended – Metal Workers Take Industrial Action

Politics ♦ Published: October 13, 2011; 15:45 ♦ (Vindobona)

Employees of more than 140 Austrian companies went on strike after negotiators had failed to agree on wage increases.

Bargaining Suspended – Metal Workers Take Industrial Action / Picture: © Vindobona.org

On Wednesday evening, the representatives of the employee and the employer side left the table after seven hours of negotiations without agreement. Shortly afterwards, Rainer Wimmer (industrial union PRO-GE) and Karl Proyer (Union of Private Sector Employees, GPA) announced works meetings and warning strikes for today, Thursday, as well as temporary total strikes for Friday.

The…