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On 30\r\nSeptember the \u003Cspan class=\"lauftext\">GPA-djp and PRO-GE \u003C\u002Fspan>unions present their exact demands. They will demand an increase in wages\r\nand a \u003Cspan class=\"lauftext\">reduction of the current 38.5 hours\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003Cspan class=\"lauftext\">’\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003Cspan class=\"lauftext\"> \u003C\u002Fspan>\u003Cspan class=\"lauftext\">working\r\nweek. \u003C\u002Fspan>Traditionally, the wage\r\nnegotiations in the metal and mining sectors set the trend for all other\r\nsectors in Austria. Rainer Wimmer, chief negotiator for the PRO-GE union, is\r\nclear, “The right signal to the workers after the economic crisis is decent and fair\r\nwage and salary increases.” The\r\nnegotiations are expected to be tough this year, with the WKO employers'\r\nrepresentatives making it clear they want cheaper labour, claiming the 1.45% increase\r\nnegotiated in 2009 was unbearable. The unions have declared that the flexibility\r\nmodel proposed by the employers will be no theme for negotiations, definitely\r\nif it would imply the abolition of allowances. In April 2010, the WKO industry section unilaterally\r\ncalled off negotiations on working time flexibility for the metalworking and\r\nmining industry, which came as a surprise to the unions. By then, the main\r\nemployers’ claims were an extension of the reference period for calculating\r\novertime pay to two years (instead of one year) and for paying overtime\r\npremiums only after the 45th weekly working hour, and only when 150 hours of\r\nthe annual time credit have been exceeded.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp class=\"CM5\">English: \u003Ca href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.imfmetal.org\u002Findex.cfm?c=24098&l=2\">http:\u002F\u002Fwww.imfmetal.org\u002Findex.cfm?c=24098&l=2\u003C\u002Fa>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp class=\"CM5\">\u003Ca href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.eurofound.europa.eu\u002Feiro\u002F2010\u002F04\u002Farticles\u002Fat1004019i.htm\">http:\u002F\u002Fwww.eurofound.europa.eu\u002Feiro\u002F2010\u002F04\u002Farticles\u002Fat1004019i.htm\u003C\u002Fa>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp class=\"CM5\">German: \u003Ca href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.gpa-djp.at\u002Fservlet\u002FContentServer?pagename=GPA\u002FPage\u002FIndex&n=GPA_0.a&cid=1283862581749\">http:\u002F\u002Fwww.gpa-djp.at\u002Fservlet\u002FContentServer?pagename=GPA\u002FPage\u003C\u002Fa>\r\n… \u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp class=\"CM5\"> \u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp class=\"discreet\">\u003Cspan class=\"Apple-style-span\">\u003Cspan class=\"Apple-style-span\">\u003Cem>\u003Cspan class=\"Apple-style-span\">\u003Cspan class=\"teaserText\">This\r\narticle was published in the Collective Bargaining Newsletter. It aims\r\nto facilitate information exchange between trade unions and to support\r\nthe work of ETUC's collective bargaining committee. \u003C\u002Fspan>For more \r\ninformation, please contact the editor Maarten van Klaveren, Amsterdam \r\nInstitute for Advanced Labour Studies (AIAS) \u003Ca href=\"mailto:M.vanKlaveren@uva.nl\">M.vanKlaveren@uva.nl\u003C\u002Fa>. You may \r\nfind further information on the ETUI at\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwebmail.uva.nl\u002Fexchweb\u002Fbin\u002Fredir.asp?URL=http:\u002F\u002Fwww.etui.org\u002F\" target=\"_blank\">www.etui.org\u003C\u002Fa>,\r\n and on the AIAS at \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwebmail.uva.nl\u002Fexchweb\u002Fbin\u002Fredir.asp?URL=http:\u002F\u002Fwww.uva-aias.net\u002F\" target=\"_blank\">www.uva-aias.net\u003C\u002Fa>.\r\n © ETUI aisbl, Brussels 2009.\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fem>\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fp>\n","light",{"text":43,"link":44},"Contact us",{"title":43,"url":45,"description":43,"rel":46,"type":47,"id":48},"\u002Fabout\u002Fcontact","follow","internal",24590,[],[],[],[],[],false,"\u002Fwork\u002Fliving-wages\u002Fcontact-us","\u003Cp>Welcome to WageIndicator. Same organisation, same information, new look!\u003C\u002Fp>"]