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At the request of the SPO the National Council held a special session today for the first time in the 20202021 conference period. The social democrats demanded with an urgent motion to Federal Chancellor Sebastian Kurz packages of measures for employment promotion training of apprentices and unemployment benefits. Under the heading Around 1 million people are unemployed or on short-time work. Austria now needs protection against the second wave of layoffs.Dont let people down Mr. Chancellor declared club chairwoman Pamela Rendi-Wagner the urgently needed measures from the point of view of the SPO. A further worsening of the labor market situation is to be feared and there are indications that there will be 500000 unemployed in winter Rendi-Wagner sounded the alarm. Resignations at large companies are harbingers of a possible bankruptcy wave that will roll towards Austria if not counteracted said the SPO club boss. The federal government is watching and sometimes away.In his answer Federal Chancellor Kurz stated that the subject of work was central in times of the pandemic and had top priority in the federal government. The slump is dramatic but lower than in other countries said Kurz. It is therefore important to keep the number of infections low as this also leads to a deterioration in the economic situation. In his remarks he also referred to the measures taken by the government on the labor market and to strengthen the location.
