IT-CBA continues to increase: GPA rejects 1.6 percent

In the second round of negotiations for the IT sector's collective agreement, employer and employee representatives once again did not reach an agreement on Monday. The union continued to demand a 4.3 percent increase for the approximately 90,000 employees.

Collective Agreement Negotiations Also Without Agreement in Second Round

"The personnel cost share of up to 80 percent, for example in the field of software development, offers no room for further increases," said Martin Zandonella, chief negotiator for the employers at the Austrian Economic Chamber.

The employers' offer included a 1.6 percent increase in the minimum collective agreement and a suspension of the current model. The GPA union demanded an increase in minimum salaries, the total current salary, as well as apprentice incomes and allowances above the inflation rate relevant for the negotiations, which is estimated at 3.5 percent by Wifo and IHS.

Next Negotiations on December 3

For Sandra Steiner, chief negotiator for the GPA, the employers' offer is therefore "completely inappropriate." "We are preparing for lengthy and difficult negotiations if the better economic situation of the IT sector is not taken into account," Steiner added. The next round of negotiations is scheduled for December 3.

(APA/Red)

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