HRF called the strike following the employers’ refusal to increase the wages of the lowest-paid workers in line with the increases won for other sectors in this year’s national sectoral negotiations. The employers have also refused demands for increased job security.

The employers’ organization Visita has instructed its members to distribute questionnaires regarding union membership to all employees in the hotels that have been selected for strike action.
The Secretariat is therefore requesting affiliates in the HRCT sector to send messages in support of the union’s demands to the employers’ association VISITA. Please find attached a sample letter in English and a translation. Kindly inform the secretariat at iuf@iuf.org of any message you might send, and please copy as well to the HRF at au@hrf.net.