The monthly salaries of every employee of U.S. Steel Kosice will go up by €80 as of November 1 thanks to a new amendment to the collective agreement signed by representatives of trade unions and the employer on Monday (October 24), both trade unions and U.S. Steel spokesman Jan Baca have confirmed for TASR. A one-off bonus amounting to €100 will be paid to all employees as part of the agreement as well. A special bonus for specific professions has been increased to €30 per month. An agreement was also reached concerning the length of the working week. Baca stated that the collective bargaining was extremely demanding this year. "We wanted to achieve more in terms of the work time flexibility. We need to be able to plan work shifts more flexibly. There is a lot of uncertainty and unpredictability, such as with energy and huge price swings. This is all having impacts on the households of our employees, so we're glad that we've managed to agree," he told TASR.
