Austria - Oil workers get 2.5% increase - January 25, 2011

The GDA-djp and PRO-GE unions report that they have succeeded in agreeing a collective agreement for the oil industry, including an increase for the regular wage scales of 2.5%. The increase for the lowest scales, for apprentices and for overtime and other fees will be 2.7%, while travel costs will be lifted by 2.2%. The agreement will cover the period 1 February 2011-31 January 2012

German: http://www.gpa-djp.at/servlet/ContentServer?pagename=GPA ...

This article was published in the Collective Bargaining Newsletter. It aims to facilitate information exchange between trade unions and to support the work of ETUC's collective bargaining committee. For more information, please contact the editor Maarten van Klaveren, Amsterdam Institute for Advanced Labour Studies (AIAS) M.vanKlaveren@uva.nl. You may find further information on the ETUI at www.etui.org, and on the AIAS at www.uva-aias.net. © ETUI aisbl, Brussels 2011.