Today the Hallein women’s shelter closes its doors. The one in the city of Salzburg changes the carrier. Because not a single employee is taken on, there is an internal SPÖ conflict and lawsuit.
That doesn’t look like an orderly takeover. After 30 years, today is the last day for the Mirjam women’s shelter in Hallein – it will not be taken over; The situation is different at the women’s shelter in the city of Salzburg. There the rooms will remain with a total of 19 seats. The 17 women and twelve children who are currently seeking protection there also continue to live there. Only the staff – at least 15 employees – and the previous manager Birgit Thaler-Haag need to go. Some employees have applied to the new agency, but not a single one of them will be taken on.
That now calls the union on the scene. Because if it is up to your lawyers, there is clearly a transfer of operations. In other words: the employees even have to be taken on. The location remains the same, as do the inventory and the operational purpose. And also in a letter to the housed women it is said that nothing will change for them. Michael Huber from the union GPA-djp: “We tried to hold talks, but the new agency was not looking for a solution. We have no choice but to take the step to court. “
There are final agreements on this with the Chamber of Labor. president Peter Eder lets check again, but it should in all likelihood amount to a lawsuit. A determination procedure was already in place in February, but documents were still missing at the time. “It would be wiser if you met here. I expect women to be treated fairly, ”says Eder.
The new sponsors – a bidding consortium made up of the VIELE and Jugend am Werk associations – do not see a transfer of business. “It’s a new project that has been put out to tender and we’re drawing it up again,” says Uwe Höfferer, Managing Director of Jugend am Werk. The labor court should decide.
The dispute is particularly explosive because with the new sponsor, SPÖ-affiliated clubs are at the helm. Although the managing director of VIELE, Gabriele Rechberger, a Green, but active and former SPÖ functionaries sit on the supervisory board, such as the ex-federal councilor Susanne Kurz or city councilor Nicole Solarz. Höfferer himself was once the SPÖ state manager. The supervisory board of Jugend am Werk is also red, for example with the member of the National Council Cornelia Ecker and Philipp Radlegger, once secretary of the then governor Gabi Burgstaller.