Roman Hebenstreit

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Roman Hebenstreit (2015)

Roman Hebenstreit (born July 22, 1971 in Feldbach (Styria) ) is an Austrian trade union official. Since December 5, 2016 he has been chairman of the transport and services union vida . He works for the parliamentary group of social democratic trade unionists (FSG). Hebenstreit is chairman of the group works council of ÖBB and a member of the ÖGB federal board.

Life

After completing his apprenticeship as a machinist in 1990, he worked as a train driver for the ÖBB from 1992 after his military service . Hebenstreit has been active as an ÖBB works council and railroad workers' union since 1997. Since 2005 he has been chairman of the central works council of ÖBB Produktion GmbH (until 2009 ÖBB Traktion GmbH) and a member of the executive committee of the ÖBB group representation. In November 2011 he was unanimously elected chairman of the group works council of ÖBB. He succeeded Wilhelm Haberzettl in this function . Through his role as the Group's top employee representative, Hebenstreit is also a member of the Supervisory Board of ÖBB Holding AG.

He is a graduate of the Otto Möbes Academy in Graz and the Social Academy of the Chamber for Workers and Salaried Employees in Mödling.

Hebenstreit is married and has one son.

Political positions

Hebenstreit is a declared opponent of the privatization of systemically important infrastructure companies such as ÖBB, ASFINAG , Telekom or Verbund . A frequent opponent in this question is the ÖVP , whose representatives have repeatedly called for such privatizations in the past.

In 2014, Hebenstreit and the vida union took a public stand against the integration of ÖBB and ASFINAG into the state holding company ÖIAG . He feared the loss of jobs through the business policy of ÖIAG, which he called the “privatization agency for state property” . This undertaking was crowned with success: both companies remained independent. In the spring of 2015, the National Council also decided that ÖIAG should be converted into a limited liability company called Österreichische Bundes- und Industriebeteiligungen GmbH (ÖBIB ), which - in contrast to ÖIAG - should again follow the instructions of the owner, i.e. the republic Austria, is bound.

In October 2015, when reports about the total privatization of Telekom Austria became public for the first time, Hebenstreit asked the "hobby winemaker" (Minister of Finance, note) Schelling to pour "pure wine" for the population (note: Schelling is the tenant of the monastery winery in Herzogenburg )

After the railway accident in Bad Aibling in February 2016, Hebenstreit pointed to insufficiently regulated training criteria in the European railway system and called on the EU Commission to create uniform standards for the training of safety-relevant railway professions across Europe, analogous to the Austrian railway suitability and examination regulations .

Publications

  • with Willi Mernyi and Michael Niedermair: With NLP to political success. The NLP manual for works councils, politically active and committed people. 5th, act. Edition. ÖGB Verlag, Vienna 2011, ISBN 978-3-7035-1500-2 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ ots.at - Roman Hebenstreit elected as the new vida chairman , accessed on December 5, 2016.
  2. ↑ ots.at - Haberzettl successor: Roman Hebenstreit unanimously elected chairman of the ÖBB group works council , accessed on May 4, 2015.
  3. ↑ orf.at - Spindelegger's ÖBB privatization initiative met with vehement rejection , accessed on May 4, 2015.
  4. ↑ kurier.at - Political scolding by Hebenstreit for ÖIAG , accessed on May 4, 2015.
  5. ↑ oegb.at - ÖIAG: Hebenstreit has filed a criminal complaint , accessed on May 4, 2015.
  6. ↑ derStandard.at - Fierce debate about Islam law. In addition to a new version of the Islam Act, the National Council decided to reform the ÖIAG , accessed on May 4, 2015.
  7. ↑ kurier.at - Telekom Austria before total sale , accessed on October 18, 2015.
  8. ↑ Train accident in Bavaria - rail union calls for detailed examination. February 10, 2016, accessed March 6, 2020 .
  9. ↑ Bad Aibling train accident: Systemic safety deficiencies? Hebenstreit calls for uniform training standards. February 10, 2016, accessed February 11, 2016 .
  10. ↑ Federal Law Gazette II No. 31/2013 : Railway Suitability and Examination Ordinance (EisbEPV)
personal data
SURNAME Hebenstreit, novel
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian trade union official
DATE OF BIRTH July 22, 1971
PLACE OF BIRTH Feldbach (Styria)