KV Negotiations for Retail Workers Unsuccessful: Works Meetings

On Wednesday, the third round of negotiations for the retail workers ended without result, according to the vida union. The offer made by the employers is significantly below the 3.5 percent increase demanded by the vida union, which they consider necessary to maintain real incomes. Works meetings are now planned.

Collective Agreement Negotiations for Retail Workers: No Date Yet for New Round of Negotiations

There is also a lack of compensatory measures for previous concessions by the employee side, said vida negotiator Christine Heitzinger in a statement. The agreement, originally planned for two years, is being renegotiated this year due to high inflation. With a rolling inflation rate of 3.8 percent, employees received "only a 3.3 percent wage increase for the current year - trusting that restraint in this year's negotiations would be rewarded," said Heitzinger, who referred to a currently strong Advent business in a statement. There is also no progress in the framework law.

According to the union, the collective agreement wages of retail workers are on average 1,000 euros below those of commercial employees. Retail workers are often employed in warehouses, for example. There is still no new negotiation date for a fourth round, according to vida in response to an APA inquiry. The employee representatives are, in any case, ready to talk.

(APA/Red)

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