EYE/UG for the AK-choice, „A strong voice for climate protection, Social justice and human rights in a strong AK!“

Alternative, Green and Independent unionists want to emerge stronger from AK-elections. Karl Öllinger on the fourth place on the list.

Vienna (OTS) – In the framework of today’s press conference, the EYE/UG Alternative, Green and Independent trade Union presented their top team, as well as the Central content for the AK-choice.

Top candidate of the EYE/UG Klaudia Paiha, a Federal government spokeswoman and member of the Executive Board of the AK Vienna. „We just need now – in the face of a government that represents as no other the interests of the industry and the splits – a strong work chamber. But we also need a working chamber, the forward-looking responses to the key societal challenges – climate change, growing inequality, and weaker of will of social cohesion,“ calls for Klaudia Paiha.

That’s exactly why there is a need for a strong EYE/UG in a strong AK, because:
„Environmental and climate protection, social justice, democracy and human rights – all together, on an equal footing, with a strong presence there with us. This makes us unique in the trade unions and chambers of Labour.“ Specific criticism came from Klaudia Paiha about to Mention AK and ÖGB to the controversial detention: „Because of specific fundamental rights, which are non-negotiable. Since the AK must confess to clear the flag!“

Zwt.: Karl Öllinger: AK also has a responsibility towards civil society

In the AK-full-Assembly-back Karl Öllinger, was around thirty years ago – prior to his work as a green national Council – once a labour Councilor for the EYE/UG returns: „I don’t want to stand idly by while the black-and-blue Federal government is systematically making the welfare state is broken, and tried, the AK starve,“ Karl Öllinger combative. The currently dominant forces in the AK must finally realize that you „can’t believe in the Good in this government.“ Karl Öllinger: „The AK is to the workers responsible, and thus a civil society, the social and political rights – which were not fought for by the workers and their organisations. The AK must be much much stronger against attacks on workers ‚ rights but also fundamental rights position. For this we will make us in the AK strong!“

Zwt.: Fritz Schiller: a 30-hour week is doable!

List second the EYE/UG Fritz Schiller Chairman of the works Council at Raiffeisen KAG, and EYE/UG-representative in the Federal chamber of labour is. The wage and hour expert calls for a comprehensive reduction in working time to 30 hours a week. „The last legal working time reduction took place in 1975. The massive development of productivity since the 70s, especially the companies have benefited, while wages lagged. This has also led to a massive decline in the Wage share – in favor of profits. Because of these developments over the last decades, workers are entitled to inside a 30-hour week!“, so Fritz Schiller.

Zwt.: Viktoria Spielmann: use for precarious Workers

Viktoria Spielmann, a new addition to the EYE/UG-list, is the use for precarious Workers a priority. The AMS-Employed and co-initiator of the women*people desire:
„In particular, women are pushed into precarious employment, the guarantee of hardly sufficient income, and in the case of old age pensions, unemployment hardly any social protection. I would like to give them a voice, a daily basis is ignored.“ It calls for in addition to a reduction in working time a minimum wage of € 1,750, income transparency and a solidarity-based basic security, which secures even in the case of atypical forms of employment, social and, in the case of education and training.

Zwt.: Marion Polaschek: problems of universities and public companies in the AK bring

Marion Polaschek, EYE/UG candidate and stv. Chairman of the works Council at the University of Vienna, underlined the increasing importance of the AK for the public services. „Issues such as casualisation, excessive working hours, work pressure and compression are reached in the universities and other outsourced public services,“ said Marion Polaschek. „The AK is important, therefore, as a representation of interests for Employees in the public service.“ Polaschek will not only increase the turnout at the universities – „because it takes a strong character for a strong AK“ – but in the AK for the employees of public companies engage.

Klaudia Paiha in conclusion: „this AK-choice, it is not only a strong AK, but also a strong EYE/UG – because only this can ensure that climate protection, human rights, social justice and democracy have a strong voice and are treated equally.

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