Originally Posted by
Luke258
But seems to me as if they already tried to get some government loans but didn't get any. Otherwise they wouldn't storm out to the media whining how unfair everything is. I call that Karma.
Draw your own conclusions of the open letter by the works council of airlines in Vienna. (auto-translated)
Dear members of the Federal Government and the social partners,
The corona virus poses immense challenges for all of us. The measures to curb almost bring public and thus economic life in Austria to a standstill. Many companies struggle to survive in these times and with these companies also their employees and their families.
Our government is determined in the fight against the virus and supports it with a 38 billion euro package. Short-time work is an essential tool here: government, companies and employees all work together to get through the crisis in order to secure companies, jobs and pay. Everyone makes their contribution.
But there are a few resourceful companies that are stealing their shared responsibility and picking out the raisins. It is such companies that cry out for support from taxpayers' money and the social partners during the crisis, but otherwise don't care about the common rules of the game. It is such companies that hide and tax their profits abroad in good times and now claim Austrian taxpayers' money. They are companies that kick natural things like law, social partnership and respectful use of feet by doing social dumping in our country and outsourcing employees to personnel leasing companies. Such companies are often even proud of this.
It is companies such as Ryanair and their Austrian subsidiary Laudamotion that have chosen such “customs” as their corporate philosophy. And even in times as difficult as this, they don't dream of rethinking their attitudes. Even in times of crisis, they try to capitalize on the backs of employees and ultimately all Austrian taxpayers.
In an almost ridiculous game of cat and mouse, the management of Laudamotion tries to gain access to short-time work. Employee rights, collective agreements, works councils and a union do not count for this management. But everyone should now agree to the short-time work for the employees? Otherwise, the weakest links in the chain, the company's already battered employees, would have to pay the bill and take the termination home with them.
The government, social partners and all of us as Austrian taxpayers are called on to stop tolerating such goings-on. It cannot be accepted that a few free-riders earn a golden nose at the expense of the general public. It is not acceptable that parasitic entrepreneurship is worthwhile by choosing which rules apply and which do not. Ryanair and Laudamotion must also abide by applicable rights!
In the crisis, Lauda employees are to be helped with short-time corona work. But there must be very clear requirements. And one of them must be that Laudamotion must accept the rules of our society that it now desires to help, by respecting the rights and rules of the social partnership, by its managers now behaving like adults and by their employees like Treat people.
Awaiting for your response and best regards
Ralph Schönfelder
Chairman of the Works Council Eurowings Europe
Rainer Stratberger Chairman of the
Works Council of Austrian Airlines Bord
Harald Kleedorfer
Chairman of the Works Council Level Europe
https://www.vida.at/cms/S03M/S03_999...ona-kurzarbeit