Tens of thousands of people in Vienna packed the streets on Saturday to voice their opposition to loosening labor laws to allow for a 12-hour workday and subsequent 60-hour workweek.
Police in Vienna said some 80,000 people took part, while the trade unions that organized the protest said some 100,000 people attended.
"We will resist with all means at our disposal," Wolfgang Katzian, president of the Austrian Trade Union Federation (ÖGB), told the crowd.
Katzian called on the Austrian government to let voters decide on the 12-hour workday issue in a referendum.
Currently, Austria has an eight-hour workday and a 40-hour workweek; however, there's a provision in place allowing companies to have their employees work up to 10 hours a day and up to 50 hours a week.
The right-wing government, comprised of Kurz's conservative People's Party (ÖVP) and the far-right Freedom Party (FPÖ), argued that the changes to the labor laws are needed in order to give businesses more flexibility.
Kurz's government had to roll back certain provisions in their draft law after a heated debate broke out with the opposition over the permitted reasons employees could provide to refuse to work more than 10 hours per day.
The government eventually backed down and said employees will be allowed to refuse to work overtime without giving a reason.
It was unions that did it, right? Artificially restricting the labor market? Here's an idea for keeping your labor prices fair: restrict immigration EU member and disincentivize it by reducing welfare.
Jacob Fisher
what a cuck lol
Blake Taylor
And now they are undoing even more of the legacy of Hitler. Damn them.
Ian Reyes
This is why Austria needs immigrants to take up the slack that lazy Austrians just wont do.
I hate the ">currentyear" meme, but I suppose there has to be an exception to every rule.
Sebastian Sanchez
There's nothing >currentyear about this, tho. There's no reason the "progress" capitalism "made" can't be undone, and the system itself (by its very nature) tends towards this direction when left to its own devices. When these steps were taken, the capitalists made them as concessions to a more and more life threatening working class.>>641825
Kevin Rodriguez
that why he busted unions?
hello again falseflag
where does anyone say that? your strawmanning is pretty obvious.
assuming you're not falseflaggot, here comes the choo-choo you don't need the finial >>postnumber to respond/link to his post, just the initial one
Joseph Baker
Hitler did more for the german worker within a decade than unions did in a century.
Noah Hill
take your meds en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trade_unions_in_Germany >In 1920, a large part of the labor movement used a general strike to avert the Kapp-Putsch. In 1933, the unions were reluctant to react against the upcoming Hitler dictatorship. After the seizure of power by the Nazis, many labor union leaders were sent to concentration camps. An appeal of the unions to support the Day of National Labor, introduced by the Nazi government on May 1, 1933, did not change the situation. On May, 2, 1933, the SA occupied the union halls and the Nazi government enforced political conformity among the unions. The wealth of the unions was transferred to the Nazi German Labour Front ("Deutsche Arbeitsfront (DAF)"). In the DAF, many former union members were represented, although membership was not enforced. In 1944, the DAF was the largest Nazi mass organization, with about 25 million members. fuck off niggerfaggot
Charles Martin
He wasnt good for unions but for workers. Unions are nest of corruption, they were and still remain to this day.
Noah Long
fuck off jew
Liam Myers
ugh, fuck these kikes.
Logan Jones
How fucking lazy do you have to be to literally put a law against working more than 40 hours? Are you legally required to work in Austria? What's the need to ban how much money you can make in a week?
Grayson King
Oh look a lazy commie faggot who can't hold down a part time job.
You imply that the unions are pro worker and not a corrupt 3rd party that parasites off of workers
Alexander Wilson
How many god damn dragon dildos do people need?!
The nonstop production goods that are designed to break so they can be bought again is destroying the planet and all these fuckwads can think about is muh shekels, muh economic growth.
There has to be a better way that isn't commie bullshit.
Brayden Wilson
He didn't say that you faggot, he said Hitler was good for the worker, not the (((unions)))
Brody Brown
Perhaps a 3rd position anoin
Dominic Sanchez
The problem is birth rates, not enough people to work and keep the stock market up. So they are expanding hours to make up for it.
Nolan Hughes
So you are saying the problem is the stock market?
Sebastian Garcia
Yeah it's called overtime incentives. These kikes want to produce more and more yet don't want to hire more people or pay OT.
Hudson Perry
those signs were produced en masse they are not protesters they are actors with a director behind them
Julian Clark
Hello the Mordechai
Adam Murphy
Medical industry here. I do 12 hour shifts and frequently overtime into 16 hours. I know doctors that have 80+OR hours every week. Some go on call for 48 hours and get hardly any sleep. Even our food guys work 12 hours and they clock in miles and miles of walking a say. We do just fine.
Git fucking good normies
Xavier Brooks
Day*
Jose Howard
we *misdiagnosis systemically metastasized cancer as the flu* do *prescribes a three month course of oxycontin for a sprained ankle* just *gives embalming fluid in an iv drip instead of antibiotic drugs* fine. once you useless niggers are replaced with a 20 questions machine to diagnose disease outcomes for patiens will markedly improve
Austin Cooper
im sure getting cities firebombed by the allies really helped productivity
Leo Gutierrez
until you get sued for malpractice because you amputated the wrong leg in your tired stupor or left a medical instrument in a patient. but it's okay. we'll keep cutting medical funding because you can run the ER by yourself
Samuel Ramirez
I would rather pay for somebody doing a six hour shift than some overworked pompous piece of shit who tries to convince my wife to circumcise our kid because of its "health benefits" for the low price of $40,000. Fuck you and your shit industry.
Owen Collins
The new China
Jacob Clark
Oy vey how can de goyim enjoy 2 hours of free time a day? It's like annudah shoah!!!
