Tonight, the fate of the almost 600 Lauda employees in Vienna could finally be decided. WKO and Vida meet for negotiations at 17:00 p.m. The union communicated its point of view again via OTS and wants to stand firm.

Around 45 minutes before the start of the possibly final negotiations between the Chamber of Commerce and the Vida union, the employee representatives made their position clear again in an OTS announcement. Ryanair has meanwhile invited media representatives to an online press conference to be held on Thursday at 10:00 a.m. If an agreement is reached, it will be canceled.

“The Vida union expects that reason will finally prevail over the Ryanair ultimatums,” says Daniel Liebhart, chairman of the aviation department in the run-up to today's Lauda-KV negotiations. "Our proposal, with which the time of crisis can be bridged, does not lead to any additional costs for the company but to a socially more balanced collective agreement for the various professional groups," says Liebhart. He also demands that all clauses that the union considers illegal must be removed.

“We are still dismayed by the extortionate approach of the Ryanair group, which took place in close collaboration with the Chamber of Commerce. As a union, we have two responsibilities in these negotiations: on the one hand, maintaining jobs at Laudamotion and, on the other, securing sustainable jobs in Austria. Approval of the dumping income level of only guaranteed 1.000 euros gross per month required by the company up to now would trigger a fatal pulling effect on employers' demands in KV negotiations in other sectors. We do not want the WKÖ to be able to set an example for a new lead collective agreement for a downward dumping spiral. This would affect thousands of employees in Austria in the medium term. A union cannot and will not accept such a thing, ”Liebhart appeals to the common sense of the WKÖ negotiators.