After Kika/Leiner Bankruptcy: SPÖ NÖ Demands State Employment Foundation

The SPÖ NÖ plans to send a paper with the demand for a job foundation "to all parties represented in the state parliament with the request for support and resolution" in the state parliament session on 19 December, according to a statement on Wednesday. Most recently, State Councillor Susanne Rosenkranz (FPÖ) had rejected the establishment of the job foundation.

SPÖ NÖ criticises FPÖ and ÖVP after rejection of job foundation

SPÖ group leader Hannes Weninger detected a "cold shoulder" from Rosenkranz and ignorance of the state ÖVP. "We support the union in its demand for a job foundation to support the Kika/Leiner employees who have learned of their dismissals shortly before Christmas," Weninger stated. Since other sectors are currently facing insolvencies and waves of layoffs, the state must urgently help in cooperation with the AMS: "A permanent job foundation, as in other federal states, would be a great support for those affected to quickly find a professional perspective again."

Rosenkranz rejected a job foundation modelled on the Upper Austrian example - here a structure was decided after the bankruptcy application of the motorcycle manufacturer KTM - at the weekend. The FPÖ state councillor referred to close exchange with the employment service (AMS). She assumed that the well-trained employees would find jobs again with the AMS measures.

(APA/Red)

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