The chairman of the vida services union, Rudolf Kaske, has said that the union is aiming for a minimum wage of at least € 7.50 an hour (€ 1,300 a month for a 40-hour week) across its agreements. This would be achieved, for example, in the cleaning sector from 1 January 2011 where there will be a monthly minimum of € 1,302. Kaske added that the very high level of collective bargaining coverage in Austria meant that unions were not in favour of a legal minimum wage although they had to address those sectors where there was no coverage by collective agreements.
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