Josef Muchitsch

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Josef Muchitsch (2014)

Josef "Beppo" Muchitsch (born August 21, 1967 in Lang , Styria ) is an Austrian politician ( SPÖ ) and unionist for the Social Democratic Union (FSG) group. Since 2006 he has been a member of the Austrian National Council and, since 2014, federal chairman of the Bau-Holz trade union .

Career

After completing compulsory school, Josef “Beppo” Muchitsch learned the trade of bricklayer . From 1988 to 1991 he attended the higher technical college in Graz and then the Mödling social academy from 1991 to 1992. From 1992 to 2000 he was secretary at the Bau-Holz union. Muchitsch has been a member of the Leibnitz municipal council since 1992. He was Vice Mayor (the youngest in Styria) of Leibnitz from 1998 to 2003.

Since 2000, Muchitsch has been state manager and federal deputy chairman and FSG federal chairman at the Bau-Holz trade union. Muchitsch has been a member of the National Council since 2006. In April 2014 he initiated the non-partisan sustainability initiative UMWELT + BAUEN together with 15 partners . One focus of his work is the fight against wage dumping and social fraud. He was and is significantly involved in the implementation of legal provisions such as the Wage and Social Dumping Act or the best bidder principle in public procurement. He achieved the latter with the founding of the initiative “Fair awards secure jobs”, consisting of 3 trade unions, 11 federal guilds, 2 trade associations and 4 other partners.

Muchitsch has been the executive chairman of the Bau-Holz trade union since January 2012 and was elected national chairman on November 20, 2014; since 2017 he has also been a member of the BWI World Council. His work included the implementation of a bridging allowance for construction workers in the area of ​​the BUAK (construction workers leave and severance pay fund).

Muchitsch has also been Europe's top construction union since October 2015. Muchitsch was unanimously elected as the new chairman of Bau-Holz-Internationale Europa (BWI Europa) in Brussels - until 2017. The social democrat is the first Austrian in this honorary position, according to a broadcast.

Muchitsch is married and has three children.

criticism

In June 2015, various media published that Muchitsch lived in a social housing apartment in Vienna's eighth district, Josefstadt , owned by the non-profit property developer Sozialbau im, which , according to an article in the daily Die Presse , he got without being on the waiting list and without a main residence in Vienna. However, this was legally in order. Muchitsch paid a rent of 285.99 euros for the apartment, including operating costs. According to his own statement, his salary at the time was a total of 8,806 euros net, from which, however, various party taxes would be deducted, most of which he could deduct from income tax. When asked by the press whether he saw himself in an emergency situation similar to that of an unemployed young person when looking for a flat, he replied: “I have a wife and three children. I'm sure I'm not paying a thousand euros for an apartment. ”As a result of public criticism, Muchitsch announced that he would terminate his cheap lease.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b CV Josef Muchitsch BV. In: Federal Presidium on the website of the Bau-Holz trade union, undated, accessed on 7 July 2019.
  2. ↑ Jacob Traby: Beppo Muchitsch: "I will not be told what to do". Interview. In: Steirerkrone . May 27, 2019, accessed July 5, 2019 .
  3. ↑ Claudia Gigler: Beppo Muchitsch: "Whoever goes to bed with the devil ..." Interview (beginning of the article freely readable). In: Small newspaper . May 19, 2019, accessed July 5, 2019 .
  4. ↑ SPÖ exercises optimism in terms of purpose. SPÖ top does not want a personnel debate. In: ORF.at . November 29, 2014, accessed July 5, 2019 .
  5. ↑ a b c d Anna Thalhammer: Member of the National Council lives in the social building. Print edition June 20, 2015. In: Die Presse . June 19, 2015, accessed July 7, 2019 .
  6. ↑ The cheapest providers destroy jobs. New social partner initiative shows ways to fair allocation and safeguarding of regional jobs. In: faire-vergabe.at. Initiative “Fair awards secure jobs” (publisher), January 15, 2014, accessed on July 7, 2019.
  7. ↑ Who we are & partners. “Fair awards secure jobs” is a social partner initiative of 3 trade unions, 11 federal guilds and 2 professional associations. In: faire-vergabe.at. Initiative “Faire Awards Secure Jobs” (publisher), undated, accessed on July 7, 2019.
  8. ↑ Social partner: “A lot achieved, a lot ahead”. The social partners were able to achieve a lot again in 2016 ( memento from January 23, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) In: bau-holz.at. GBH - Trade Union Construction - Wood (publisher), January 4, 2017, accessed on July 7, 2019.
  9. ^ Au-Holz International: Muchitsch from 2016 European Chairman ( Memento from January 23, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) In: bau-holz.at. GBH - Trade Union Construction - Wood (Ed.), October 29, 2015, accessed on July 7, 2019.
  10. ↑ I have a wife and three children. I'm sure I'm not paying a thousand euros for an apartment. In: Facebook page of the editorial staff of the time in the picture of the Austrian Broadcasting Corporation (ORF), June 19, 2015, accessed on July 7, 2019.
  11. ↑ Agencies, ps: Muchitsch announces cheap apartment. The SPÖ MP "admits mistakes" and wants to terminate the rental contract for the cheap apartment. In: Courier . June 21, 2015, accessed July 7, 2019 .
personal data
SURNAME Muchitsch, Josef
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Muchitsch, Beppo
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian politician (SPÖ), member of the National Council
DATE OF BIRTH August 21, 1967
PLACE OF BIRTH Lang in Styria