KV Negotiations: No Agreement in the Security Industry

"We will not accept wage cuts and demand full compensation for the rolling inflation from October 2024 to September 2025 amounting to three percent to secure purchasing power, as well as improvements in working conditions," said vida negotiator Gernot Kopp. He criticized that the one-time payments proposed in the collective bargaining negotiations are not sustainable.

Currently 2,100 Euros Gross Starting Salary in Security Industry

"Trying to sell these two one-time payments as a 'purchasing power security premium' is tantamount to mocking the employees," said Kopp on Friday in a statement. He calculates that the starting salary in security is just over 2,100 euros gross per month. The net salary is thus only slightly above the poverty risk threshold of 1,661 euros per month.

Negotiations will continue on November 11. Just yesterday, an agreement was reached with the brewers. The collectively agreed minimum wages and salaries as well as actual wages and salaries will increase by 2.55 percent for beer producers.

Security Industry: High Proportion of Migrants, 40 Percent Women

The union vida points to upcoming major events, such as the Eurovision Song Contest in May 2026. And to the fact that the security profession is by no means a male domain. The proportion of women is 40 percent. The proportion of migrants is particularly high. According to vida, more than a third of employees in Vienna do not have Austrian citizenship.

The union has long demanded that certified training and the abolition of solo duties be introduced into the industry. Furthermore, it has criticized in the past "some systematic grievances" such as incorrect billing of overtime and bonuses. The sector is dominated by G4S, Securitas, Siwacht, and ÖWD. They account for more than half of the market.

At the advisory centers of the Chamber of Labor and vida, the use of subcontractors is often an issue. "In some cases, it is hardly possible to trace which companies the affected employees were actually employed by. These constructions make it very difficult to enforce wage claims," said the Chamber of Labor. The Chamber of Commerce, on the other hand, emphasized that security companies "have transformed into modern security service providers in recent years."

(APA/Red)

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