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The Chamber of Labour (German: Kammer für Arbeiter und Angestellte, shortform Arbeiterkammer or AK), is an organisation that represents the interests of 4 million Austrianemployees and consumers.[1][2] Membership is compulsory for all employees working in Austria, and it is thus not to be confused with Austrian labour unions, where membership is voluntary and which are organized in an umbrella organisation, the ÖGB. Together, the ÖGB and the Arbeiterkammer represent the interests of employees in the Austrian system of Sozialpartnerschaft ("Social Partnership"), which plays a major role in the regulation of wages and prices.
Logo of Chamber for Workers and Employees
The Austrian Chamber of Labour is based on the nine Chambers of labour for each federal state in Austria. The president of the Chamber of Labour for Vienna is also the president of the Austrian Chamber of Labour.[3] Since 27 April 2018, Renate Anderl has been President of the Chamber of Labour.[4][5]
The tasks of the AK are described in § 1 AKG: "The Chambers of Labour and the Federal Chamber of Labour are called upon to represent and promote the social, economic, professional and cultural interests of employees."[6] The AK carefully examine new legislation to ensure that workers are not taken advantage of. The Chamber also consult individuals with issues related to their jobs, apprenticeships, or public employment service (AMS).[7]
§ 4 lists the means of fulfilling the legal mandate: for example, statements in legislative procedures, delegation of representatives to corporate bodies and other organisations, conducting scientific studies, advising and representing members.[1]
Another area of responsibility of the AK is consumer protection. As the education of employees is an important concern of the Chamber, it operates numerous publicly accessible libraries.[7][8] The largest of these is the Social Science Study Library of the Chamber of Labour in Vienna. The Chamber of Labour also compiles the Working Climate Index (Arbeitsklima Index), an indicator for job and income satisfaction which was established in 1997.[9]
Fundingedit
All members must pay a membership contribution of 0.5 percent of their gross salary, which is deducted from their wages/salary as part of the social security contribution and transferred to the Chambers of Labour.[6][10] As a result, the AK is financed "silently" and is hardly noticed by the members.
Electionsedit
Every five years, the federal states hold direct elections to choose a plenary assembly representative for each federal state.[6] The nine elected plenary assemblies in turn elect nine provincial AK presidents. In the election, so-called parliamentary groups can be elected, the largest of which are affiliated with one of the major Austrian parties. Since the election in 1949, the FSG (Fraktion Sozialdemokratischer GewerkschafterInnen, afflilated with the SPÖ) has always won with an absolute majority.[11]
Historyedit
The Chamber of Labour was founded in 1920 after the collapse of the Austrian-Hungarian monarchy. During 1934 and 1938 the Chamber of Labour were integrated into the fascist unitary trade union centres. In 1938 they were liquidated by the National Socialists.[12] After the war, the government passed the law on the re-establishment of the Chambers of Labour on 20 July 1945.
Following increasing criticism of compulsory membership and tax-like financing the Chambers of Labour (AK) conducted a member survey in 1996. The question was: "Are you in favour of the Chamber for Workers and Salaried Employees remaining the legal representation of the interests of all employees?" It was answered in the affirmative by a clear majority.[11]
Referencesedit
^"Mitgliedschaft". Arbeiterkammer (in German). Retrieved 2024-04-05.
^ ab"10_Was macht die AK?". Arbeiterkammer (in German). Retrieved 2024-04-05.
^"Arbeiterkammer". oesterreich.gv.at - Österreichs digitales Amt (in German). Retrieved 2024-04-05.
^. Archived from the original on 2010-09-14. Retrieved 2010-09-02.
^"AK Mitgliedschaft". Arbeiterkammer Wien (in German). Retrieved 2024-04-05.
^ ab"Arbeit&Wirtschaft - Die Arbeiterkammer - 60 Jahre Mitgestalterin der Zweiten Republik". archiv.arbeit-wirtschaft.at (in German). Retrieved 2024-04-05.
^Kammer für Arbeiter und Angestellte (2010): The Chambers of Labour. Linz.
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This article has multiple issues Please help improve it or discuss these issues on the talk page Learn how and when to remove these template messages You can help expand this article with text translated from the corresponding article in German September 2017 Click show for important translation instructions Machine translation like DeepL or Google Translate is a useful starting point for translations but translators must revise errors as necessary and confirm that the translation is accurate rather than simply copy pasting machine translated text into the English Wikipedia Consider adding a topic to this template there are already 9 121 articles in the main category and specifying topic will aid in categorization Do not translate text that appears unreliable or low quality If possible verify the text with references provided in the foreign language article You must provide copyright attribution in the edit summary accompanying your translation by providing an interlanguage link to the source of your translation A model attribution edit summary is Content in this edit is translated from the existing German Wikipedia article at de Kammer fur Arbeiter und Angestellte see its history for attribution You may also add the template Translated de Kammer fur Arbeiter und Angestellte to the talk page For more guidance see Wikipedia Translation This article needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources Chamber for Workers and Employees news newspapers books scholar JSTOR September 2017 Learn how and when to remove this message Learn how and when to remove this message The Chamber of Labour German Kammer fur Arbeiter und Angestellte shortform Arbeiterkammer or AK is an organisation that represents the interests of 4 million Austrian employees and consumers 1 2 Membership is compulsory for all employees working in Austria and it is thus not to be confused with Austrian labour unions where membership is voluntary and which are organized in an umbrella organisation the OGB Together the OGB and the Arbeiterkammer represent the interests of employees in the Austrian system of Sozialpartnerschaft Social Partnership which plays a major role in the regulation of wages and prices Logo of Chamber for Workers and Employees The Austrian Chamber of Labour is based on the nine Chambers of labour for each federal state in Austria The president of the Chamber of Labour for Vienna is also the president of the Austrian Chamber of Labour 3 Since 27 April 2018 Renate Anderl has been President of the Chamber of Labour 4 5 Contents 1 Key tasks and resources 2 Funding 3 Elections 4 History 5 References 6 External linksKey tasks and resources editThe tasks of the AK are described in 1 AKG The Chambers of Labour and the Federal Chamber of Labour are called upon to represent and promote the social economic professional and cultural interests of employees 6 The AK carefully examine new legislation to ensure that workers are not taken advantage of The Chamber also consult individuals with issues related to their jobs apprenticeships or public employment service AMS 7 4 lists the means of fulfilling the legal mandate for example statements in legislative procedures delegation of representatives to corporate bodies and other organisations conducting scientific studies advising and representing members 1 Another area of responsibility of the AK is consumer protection As the education of employees is an important concern of the Chamber it operates numerous publicly accessible libraries 7 8 The largest of these is the Social Science Study Library of the Chamber of Labour in Vienna The Chamber of Labour also compiles the Working Climate Index Arbeitsklima Index an indicator for job and income satisfaction which was established in 1997 9 Funding editAll members must pay a membership contribution of 0 5 percent of their gross salary which is deducted from their wages salary as part of the social security contribution and transferred to the Chambers of Labour 6 10 As a result the AK is financed silently and is hardly noticed by the members Elections editEvery five years the federal states hold direct elections to choose a plenary assembly representative for each federal state 6 The nine elected plenary assemblies in turn elect nine provincial AK presidents In the election so called parliamentary groups can be elected the largest of which are affiliated with one of the major Austrian parties Since the election in 1949 the FSG Fraktion Sozialdemokratischer GewerkschafterInnen afflilated with the SPO has always won with an absolute majority 11 History editThe Chamber of Labour was founded in 1920 after the collapse of the Austrian Hungarian monarchy During 1934 and 1938 the Chamber of Labour were integrated into the fascist unitary trade union centres In 1938 they were liquidated by the National Socialists 12 After the war the government passed the law on the re establishment of the Chambers of Labour on 20 July 1945 Following increasing criticism of compulsory membership and tax like financing the Chambers of Labour AK conducted a member survey in 1996 The question was Are you in favour of the Chamber for Workers and Salaried Employees remaining the legal representation of the interests of all employees It was answered in the affirmative by a clear majority 11 References edit Mitgliedschaft Arbeiterkammer in German Retrieved 2024 04 05 Die Pflichtmitgliedschaft Arbeiterkammer web archive org 2019 09 04 Retrieved 2024 04 05 The Chamber of Labour AK Portal Archived from the original on 2011 09 27 Retrieved 2011 06 22 Prasidium Arbeiterkammer Wien in German Retrieved 2024 04 05 Renate Anderl Arbeiterkammer Wien in German Retrieved 2024 04 05 a b c RIS Arbeiterkammergesetz 1992 Bundesrecht konsolidiert Fassung vom 05 04 2024 www ris bka gv at Retrieved 2024 04 05 a b 10 Was macht die AK Arbeiterkammer in German Retrieved 2024 04 05 Arbeiterkammer oesterreich gv at Osterreichs digitales Amt in German Retrieved 2024 04 05 Work Climate AK Oberosterreich Archived from the original on 2010 09 14 Retrieved 2010 09 02 AK Mitgliedschaft Arbeiterkammer Wien in German Retrieved 2024 04 05 a b Arbeit amp Wirtschaft Die Arbeiterkammer 60 Jahre Mitgestalterin der Zweiten Republik archiv arbeit wirtschaft at in German Retrieved 2024 04 05 Kammer fur Arbeiter und Angestellte 2010 The Chambers of Labour Linz External links editOfficial website nbsp Chamber of Labour nbsp This article about an organisation in Austria is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Chamber for Workers and Employees amp oldid 1217387475, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
