Rudolf Kaske

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Rudolf Kaske at the SPÖ march on May 1, 2013

Rudolf "Rudi" Kaske (born May 22, 1955 in Vienna ) is a former Austrian trade unionist ( FSG ) and politician ( SPÖ ). From 2013 to 2018 he was President of the Austrian Chamber of Labor (AK). Since January 1, 2019, he has been a member of the Austrian Federal Council delegated by the Vienna State Parliament (as the successor to Reinhard Todt ).

Youth and education

Rudolf Kaske completed his apprenticeship as a chef at the Hotel Intercontinental from 1970 to 1973. He also worked as a youth functionary for the Austrian Federation of Trade Unions (ÖGB). Kaske was one of the initiators of the Initiative M for “Mitbestimmen”. The aim of the initiative was to create the Youth Trust Council Act to ensure that young people were represented independently in the company. After this law was passed in parliament in 1972, Kaske was one of the first youth representatives in Austria. From 1977 to 1978 he graduated from the Social Academy of the Vienna Chamber of Labor .

Career in the union

In 1987 Kaske was elected central secretary of the hotel, restaurant and personal service union (HGPD) and in the same year became a member of the ÖGB federal board. Kaske negotiated the collective agreement increases for employees in the hotel and hospitality industry in the social partner rounds. He pushed through the introduction of the five-day week in tourism in Austria in May 1992.

From April 1995 Kaske was chairman of the HGPD union. When the federal government in Schühl planned social cuts in 2000, the union threatened a general strike and Kaske backed this up with the statement: “Our union is armed. Once this army of unemployed marches, the republic is on fire ” .

From December 2006 to December 2012, Kaske was chairman of the transport and services union vida . Under his chairmanship, vida pushed through a minimum wage of 1,300 euros in various industries, for example in the cleaning industry and in the hotel and hospitality industry. From March 2013 to April 2018 Rudolf Kaske was President of the Vienna Chamber of Labor and the Federal Chamber of Labor . His successor in both offices was Renate Anderl .

In November 2017, he announced that he would retire from April 2018 for private reasons and resign from the AK presidency.

Club Never Forget

He is also chairman of the memorial service association Never Forget , an association for the promotion of Holocaust memorials , a recognized sponsoring association for foreign service according to Section 12b of the Civil Service Act.

Supervisory board

Kaske was a member of the supervisory board of BAWAG from 1989 to 2006 , which became public in March 2006 due to the so-called Caribbean affair . Although Kaske was sometimes even the vice-chairman of the supervisory board, he said he had no knowledge of the controversial deals.

Awards

Web links

Commons : Rudolf Kaske  - collection of images, videos and audio files

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  1. ↑ Kaske: Have a say and have a say - www.arbeiterkammer.at. Retrieved April 30, 2018 .
  2. ↑ Work and Economy - Interview with Rudolf Kaske I have rough edges
  3. ^ ORF-Online: Actionism and pithy sayings ; Retrieved on Nov. 7, 2017
  4. ↑ UG-Vida Two percent wage increase in the cleaning industry
  5. ^ Die Presse Rudolf Kaske elected the new AK President
  6. ^ Die Presse : AK President Kaske resigns "for personal reasons" ; Retrieved on Nov. 7, 2017
  7. ↑ Kaskes statement in the BAWAG process on risky transactions and severance payments in the standard
  8. ^ Wiener Zeitung: Personalnachrichten . Article dated October 18, 2017, accessed October 25, 2018.
  9. ↑ orf.at: honored personalities . Article dated October 31, 2018, accessed November 1, 2018.
  10. ↑ Awards given to deserving personalities . Article dated October 30, 2018, accessed November 1, 2018.
  11. ^ Decoration of honor for Erich Foglar and Rudolf Kaske . OTS notification dated May 6, 2019, accessed May 7, 2019.
personal data
SURNAME Kaske, Rudolf
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Kaske, Rudi
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian trade union official
DATE OF BIRTH May 22, 1955
PLACE OF BIRTH Vienna