On Tuesday, Lauda employees want to demonstrate in front of parliament and draw attention to their fate. It is demanded that the social partners should return to the negotiating table.

Demonstrations in front of the Austrian parliament take place almost every day, but for the first time airline employees hold a manifestation. Today, Tuesday from 9:30 a.m., pilots and flight attendants from Lauda will express their displeasure with the current course of the CT negotiations. Around 200 participants are expected, although no further information was given.

The background is that negotiations between the Chamber of Commerce and Vida failed last week. Due to various concerns, the union refused to sign the collective agreement. Among other things, the basic salary for junior flight attendants was criticized. Thomas Gurgiser, who took part in the negotiations on the side of the Chamber of Commerce, refuted the union's statements in a calculation. At the moment it is probably a matter of opinion how one wants to interpret the present KV for pilots or each for flight attendants.

In the run-up to the demonstration, it became known that the Vida trade unionists Roman Hebenstreit and Daniel Liebhart received numerous emails from Lauda employees demanding both the signing of the KV draft and a return to the negotiating table. Scans of the messages to the Vida are below this link provided for inspection. Many also turned to various state and federal politicians and asked for mediation in the tricky situation. Interference or even “instructions” were not required, only mediation.

With the demo, the Lauda employees now want to make politicians aware of their fate and the messed up situation. It is demanded that WKO and Vida return to the negotiating table and find a solution to keep the jobs. It is also hoped that a high-ranking politician will mediate in the negotiations within the framework of a round table and thus contribute to an agreement.

The participants of the manifestation want to gather in front of Parliament from 9 a.m. to hold a rally there. Then you will move on to the town hall square and hold the final rally there. How many participants will actually come remains to be seen. In any case, the message was spread on YouTube the day before.