Fight for fair salaries: Negotiations in the finance and health sector threaten to fail!

Fight for fair salaries: Negotiations in the finance and health sector threaten to fail!

Laimgrubengasse 10, 1060 Wien, Österreich - On March 11, 2025, the second collective agreement negotiations for around 68,000 employees of the Austrian financial sector took place without an agreement being reached. The GPA union raises clear demands: a linear salary increase of 4% and improvements in framework law. Wolfgang Pischinger, chief negotiator of the GPA, underlines the economy of the industry with the second best result in the company's history and expresses incomprehension on the lack of offers on the part of the employers. Other demands include a day -free day at the end of the year and just regulations for maternity leave. Should no solution be found at the next negotiation date on March 18, the GPA plans company meetings from 20 to 25 March to inform the employees about further steps, such as ots.at reported.

salary increases in the health and social sector required

Not only in the financial sector. There are also considerable tensions in the health and social sector. The unions GPA and VIDA have handed over their demands for 130,000 employees in the private health and social sector to employers who include a salary increase of 6.1 percent. Eva Scherz, negotiator of the GPA, is concerned about the below -average salaries despite highly qualified employees and demands improved working conditions and more vacation. In addition, the pressure was increased by announced company meetings and demonstrations in the entire industry, after the employer offer only reflected the inflation rate, so vida.at . This is a signal to employers to finally get going and create fair conditions for all employees.