Dispute over wages

TCG Unitech registers 800 employees with the AMS

Instead of accepting collectively agreed wage and salary increases of 4.8 percent in the metal industry, an Upper Austrian automotive supplier would rather fire 800 employees. TCG Unitech has registered 882 of its 960 employees with the AMS early warning system. Instead of wage and salary increases, there are to be individual agreements and layoffs.

The incident was reported by "nachrichten.at" on Tuesday. According to the company, wages and salaries are to remain the same due to the difficult situation in the automotive industry.

Turnover of 245 million euros per year
The company has been part of the Italian Gnutti Carlo Group since 2018 and produces high-tech components for the automotive industry, and since 2020 also for the non-automotive sector. The business areas are die casting, injection molding and oil and coolant pumps. There are four sites in the Kirchdorf district (two plants in Kirchdorf and one each in Micheldorf and Rohr) and a joint venture in China (Dalian). The annual turnover is around 245 million euros.

Employees have to leave or accept wage cuts
According to the "Oberösterreichische Nachrichten", works council chairwoman Roswitha Grammer confirmed that 882 of the 960 employees were registered with the AMS early warning system. Apprentices, employees in partial retirement or those who are paid according to the collective agreement are excluded from this. Individual discussions are being held these days. Employees will have to decide whether or not to sign new contracts with a wage reduction of 4.8 percent plus. The uncertainty is great.