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Gewerkschaft vida - Department of Tourism

We are committed to working in tourism

  • Employees in the hotel and catering industry
  • Employees in system catering

We demand for you

  • Working time organisation and predictability: Duty rosters must be transparent and should be largely adhered to so that employees can plan their leisure time and family care.
  • More free weekends: Having to work whenever others are off leads to exclusion from social life. Therefore, tourism workers should have a minimum number of Sundays off per year.
  • Fair pay: We demand a minimum wage of € 2,000. This requires appropriate Sunday and night bonuses.
  • Protection against exploitation: Working hours and overtime should be limited to protect employees from permanent overload.
  • Professional development: Tourism needs more opportunities for further training and advancement in order to increase the attractiveness of the professional field.
  • Protection against sexual harassmentA large proportion of the female restaurant workers had to experience sexual assault. A protection concept is needed that prevents harassment in the industry and offers help to those affected in an emergency. 

As a trade union, we are doing everything we can to ensure that the tourim industry move away from the low-wage industries. 

Eva Eberhart, Chairwoman of the vida Tourism Department