The trade union confederation ÖGB gave the workers in the metal industry permission to strike. The employers’ offer remains well below the union demand. The autumn collective bargaining round has been running since mid-September. Traditionally, the metal workers set the direction for all other wage negotiations. The PRO-GE and GPA unions are demanding a wage and salary increase of 10.6% for the approximately 200,000 employees in the metal industry. Even after the third round of negotiations, the employers do not offer more than an increase of 4.1%. Therefore, the ÖGB gave the metal workers permission to go on strike.
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