It's not the moment for asking for a salary increase.
Well, we are not Greece.
Austria's economy is growing by 4% this year, so are the profits of the companies. The inflation is also at about 3.5%.
Therefore it is only normal that the steel workers (and others) get at least a 4.5% pay rise.
The employers representatives demand that wages should only rise by 3% this year is ridiculous because it would mean a net wage loss because of the inflation.
It's good that the unions are turning up the heat on the capitalists. It's good for the middle-class.
The unions over there should give those guys hell. We have the same type of corporate crooks in America. They are even in England...
When times are bad they have no problem asking you to be slave labor. When times are good its nothing but lobster and champagne in the corporate suite and the REAL workers are told to go to hell.
