“Immoral” expensive gas
Katzian also described the high gas regulations for homes as “immoral”. This is precisely why he has repeatedly called for a brake on the price of gas, in addition to a brake on the price of electricity. “People are slowly going crazy. It’s about people, about destinies, about the dignity of people who have built a life for themselves,” says Katzian. The ÖGB has proposed a gas price cap of eight cents per kilowatt-hour (kWh) for the first 9,800 kWh since the summer.
Anyway, “the snapped one” is someone who paid a lot of money to install a heat pump to protect the climate and now doesn’t get any discount for it.
How Katzian wants to remedy the shortage of skilled workers
To deal with the shortage of skilled workers, Katzian called for better “working conditions”. He complained that in public tenders, the cheapest rather than the highest bidder would always win.
Also with the Wiener Linien, who pay higher wages and currently cannot find bim drivers, among other things? “Good working conditions aren’t always about money,” Katzian said, citing working hours as another factor. In addition, training in dual learning, which has been in decline for years, must be reinforced again, which is why there is a shortage of welders or millers.
Support for “Pam”
Katzian assumes that the turquoise federal government will last until 2024. So who should enter the race for the SPÖ as the main candidate? “The Pam (Pamela Rendi-Wagnernote) is the leader of the party, she has my full support.”