The Austrian trade union Vida criticizes the fact that there are no “sustainable job guarantees” at the Lufthansa subsidiary Austrian Airlines, but “huge savings packages are in the room”. Employee representative Roman Hebenstreit sees a general problem in the tourism and transport industry and sees the government as having an obligation.

The trade unionist points out that Vienna was an important congress city until the Corona lockdown and that both tourism and transport companies benefited from it. Many jobs that are acutely at risk depend on it. Hebenstreit about this: "Now in Vienna and in many other domestic cities numerous companies and people are in ruins and have to fear for their livelihoods, such as the 140 employees who are dismissed in the Sacher hotels". Finance Minister Gernot Blümel should act now before it is too late.

“Apart from the slump in tourism, the problems caused by Corona have still not been fully resolved in many other industries. In the aviation sector, for example, despite three-digit million euros in aid for the AUA, the government has not been able to provide any sustainable job guarantees for employees. But also in the rail sector all sales have collapsed, huge savings packages are also in the room here ”, said the Vida chairman, who demands that Chancellor Sebastian Kurz and his finance minister should keep their promises in favor of the workers and the economy.