Diakonie achieves a collective agreement: 4% more wages for 8,000 employees!

Diakonie achieves a collective agreement: 4% more wages for 8,000 employees!

In the field of Diakonie, the Association of the Evangelical Churches, a significant step in the direction of improving working conditions has been taken. From January 1, 2025, the approximately 8,000 employees will receive a wage increase of 4 percent on their collective contracts as well as allowances and surcharges. After intensive negotiations with the unions GPA and VIDA, this agreement was achieved and oriented towards the existing agreements in the social economy and Caritas, reported the website vienna.at .

Diakonie is an important actor in social support and offers far-reaching services, especially in child and youth welfare, where it provides almost 650,000 places. The organization is also involved in numerous areas, from the elderly to the support of refugees and migrants. In times of increasingly complex social challenges, Diakonie remains an important partner who pursues innovative approaches to open up perspectives for children and adolescents. This becomes particularly clear in projects such as "sun- building instead of claws", which supports young people with integration and prevention measures. Such initiatives are part of a broader offer that aims to effectively encounter social problems, such as Diakonie-bundessiftung.de emphasized.

focus on social innovations

With the commitment to social innovations, Diakonie pursues the goal of finding new solutions for existing problems. This creates pilot projects that are based directly on the needs of the people they support. This approach is not only shown in the immediate support of the required help offers, but also in strengthening the personal responsibility of those affected. Due to networks and partnerships, the diakonia will be able to proactively approach and manage the social challenges of the future, while at the same time the working conditions of its employees are continuously improved.