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Union of Salaried Private Sector Employees,
Graphical Workers and Journalists
GPA provides intersectoral trade union representation for salaried employees in Austria‘s private industry as well as workers in the graphical sector and journalists
GPA organises salaried employees and apprentices in industry, service sectors (e.g. trade and finance), the communications and IT sectors, associations and federations, the social security administration, the transport and tourism sectors, in the graphical industry and journalists.
GPA is the largest trade union in the ÖGB (Austrian Trade Union Federation), having some 270,000 members of whom
- approx. 44 % are women, and
- approx. 6% are young people
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Austrian Trade Union Federation
. 35 % approx. 1.3 Mio. members / union density: 35 %
Union of Salaried Private Sector Employees,
Graphical Workers and Journalists Union of Public Services Union of Municipal Workers – Art, Media, Sport, Freelancers Union for Construction and Woodworkers Production Union PRO-GE Vida (Union for Transport, Services and Tourism) Union of Postal and Telegraphic Workers
269.767
232.974
154.406
116.157
232.226
148.351
51.997
31.12.2011 1.205.878
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Political structure of the GPA-djp
President
Wolfgang Katzian
Steering
Committee
Executive
Board
Supervisory
Body
Representation
of interests
26 sectors of
industry
8 interest
groups
9 Regions
Steering Committee
Executive Board
Sup. Body Sectors
IG
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Internal structure
Presidency/federal management
Representation of interests
Internal support/back office
Collective agreements
Sectoral policy
Research department
Legal department
IT
Regions
Youth Women Inter-
national Marketing Press/PR
Works coucils support Members support
Union and HR development Training Service
Centre
External services
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Industries represented by the representative bodies
The GPA-djp represents salaried employees in the following industries and sectors:
Industry and industry-related sectors
Construction and housing
Communication and IT
Financial services (banks, savings banks and insurance companies)
Commerce
Social security
Health, social services and welfare
Research, education and culture
Gambling, tourism and leisure
Transport
Agriculture and forestry, food, drink and tobacco
Representative bodies, organisations, associations
New sectors
Paper / Paper Industry
Media / broadcasting
The GPA-djp is active in
26 sectors.
These sectors constitute a
platform for preparing,
implementing and
concluding collective
agreements.
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Collective agreements in Austria
175 collective agreements negotiated by GPA-djp (figure for 2011)
Term: usually 12 months
Around 95% of employees in Austria are covered by a collective agreement
Collective agreements apply to all workers (regardless of whether or not they are affiliated to a union)
The collective agreement governs the increase in minimum and actual wages as well as key employment conditions that supplement labour laws
Date:1/2007
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Interest groups
Platform for employees with flexible working conditions and freelancers
Platform for migrant workers
Platform for mobile employees operating away from their office base
Platform for social service professionals
Platform for education professionals
Platform for IT professionals
Platform for professional and managerial staff
A new element in GPA-
djp‘s structure, based
on professional identity
and situation.
It mainly applies in
sectors where in-
company unionisation is
becoming less and less
effective.
Plattform for employees operating in sale services
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GPA-DJP International
ETUC
UNI Global Union
International Confederation of Service Unions
GPA-djp sectors: commerce, finance, graphic, social security sector, gambling/casinos, media, IT/telecom
ITUC
GPA-djp International
WOW
World Organisation of Workers
Social Christian trade union federation
Food, tourism, agriculture
industriAll
Integrated Industry Union Federation
European Federation of Public Service Unions
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Special features of worker representation in Austria
Uniform, non-partisan trade union organisation
- 7 trade unions affiliated to the ÖGB
- 5 political platforms
Widespread use of collective agreements
- over 95% of workers are covered by a collective agreement
Economic and social partnership
- Employers: Economic Chamber (WKÖ), Chamber of Agriculture
- Workers: ÖGB, Chambers of Labour (AK)
Several players involved in worker representation:
- ÖGB, trade unions
- Chambers of Labour
- Works coucils and/or staff representatives
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Factions and groups within the ÖGB and the GPA-djp
The ÖGB and its affiliated unions are non-partisan:
There are various political platforms within the respective unions and the ÖGB:
Social Democratic Trade Unionists (FSG)
Christian Trade Unionists (FCG)
Alternative Independent Trade Unionists (AUGE)
Trade Union 'Left Block' (Communist Trade Unionists) (GLB)
Nonpartisan Trade Unionists (PFG)
Freedom Party Partnership (FA)
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Statutory interest
representation
Chambers of Labour
Includes beside others:
− Statutory representation vis-à-vis the State
− Research for the unions − Consumer protection
Voluntary interest representation
+ unions
Includes beside others: − Collective bargaining policy
− Company work and unionisation
− Positioning on the political scene
Works council
Staff representation
Worker representation in Austria
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Representation at company level
− Mandate = unsalaried − Duration of post = 4 years − Special protection against dismissal − With special right to leave Activities:
Involvement in economic affairs Involvement in social affairs and staff matters Involvement in cultural matters Close partnership with the unions
Works council (private sector)
Staff representative body (public service)
Youth council
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Chambers of Labour
founded in 1918 under pressure from the trade union movement
legally regulated membership for all professionally active people
members appointed in list-based elections (trade union factions)
= institutions governed by public law, the rights and duties of which are defined in law
Duties
Right to assess
draft laws
Involvement in commissions and
advisory committees (labour market policy, apprenticeships, etc.)
Appointment and training of lay judges in
industrial tribunals and social courts
Posting of representatives
to the social security
sector
Research for the unions
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The economic and social partnership
LK
Austrian Trade Union Federation (ÖGB)
Chambers of Labour (AK)
Austrian Economic Chamber (WKÖ)
Chamber of Agriculture (LK)
Set up during reconstruction post-1945
Aim: to mediate between and reconcile the interests of workers and employers