Labor market department

Provincial deputy takes aim at the social partners

The labor market agenda will move to the FPÖ from July.(Bild: ROLAND SCHLAGER)

Marlene Svazek thinks little of the social partnership. She left no doubt about this yesterday and attacked the red Chamber of Labor boss Peter Eder in particular. The AK and the Chamber of Commerce, on the other hand, reacted calmly and insisted on good talks.

It was the usual self-praise that Governor Wilfried Haslauer (ÖVP) and his deputy Marlene Svazek (FPÖ) announced at the presentation of the government retreat. When Haslauer steps down on July 2, the portfolios will be redistributed. In order for the FPÖ to agree to the smooth handover from Haslauer to Karoline Edtstadler, the ÖVP had to make concessions. So the labor market and the prestigious fire department positions move from the head of the state directly to Svazek.