Bundesarbeitskammer Österreich
BAK
The Austrian Chamber of Labour represents the interests of four million employees and consumers.
Lobbying Activity
Austrian Trade Unions Demand Stronger Consumer Rights in EU Delivery Reform
Austrian Consumer Group Demands Right to Reject Digital Dependency
Austrian Labor Chamber calls for binding resource reduction targets in EU circular economy law
Austrian Trade Union Calls for Platform Funding of Cyberbullying Support Services
Austrian Labor Chamber rejects EU nature credits as neoliberal market solution
Austrian Labour Chamber urges binding EU standards for social rights
Austrian Labour Union Demands Social Safeguards in EU 2040 Climate Target
Austrian Labour Chamber Calls for Stronger Consumer Protections Across Energy, Finance, and Digital Markets
Austrian Labor Chamber opposes weakening GDPR record-keeping rules
Austrian Chamber of Labour opposes weakening CAP environmental standards
Austrian trade union urges ambitious EU Quality Jobs Roadmap
Austrian labour union calls for clearer product durability labels
Meeting with Evelyn Regner (Member of the European Parliament)
4 Jul 2025 · General Exchange of Views
Meeting with Evelyn Regner (Member of the European Parliament)
12 Jun 2025 · General Exchange of Views
Austrian Chamber of Labour Demands Protections for AI-Era Workers
Meeting with Olivér Várhelyi (Commissioner) and
9 Apr 2025 · 'Children and Youth Health 2030' Summit
Meeting with Evelyn Regner (Member of the European Parliament)
21 Mar 2025 · General Exchange of Views
Meeting with Evelyn Regner (Member of the European Parliament)
20 Mar 2025 · General Exchange of Views
Austrian Chamber of Labour claims farm reforms harm consumers
Meeting with Axel Hellman (Cabinet of Commissioner Jessika Roswall) and European Federation of Public Service Unions
7 Mar 2025 · EU Water Resilience Strategy
Austrian Labour Chamber seeks local discounts and broadcasting access
Austrian Labour Chamber demands public control of EU water
Meeting with Evelyn Regner (Member of the European Parliament)
27 Feb 2025 · General Exchange of Views
BAK urges EU to prioritize social standards in procurement reform
Meeting with Ralph Schmitt-Nilson (Head of Unit Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs)
10 Feb 2025 · Exchange of views on industry policy and competitiveness in the Competitiveness Compass COM(2025) 30
Austrian Chamber of Labour demands investment and social protection
Meeting with Anna Stürgkh (Member of the European Parliament)
25 Oct 2024 · General Exchange
Austrian Chamber of Labour warns against misleading flight labels
Austrian Chamber of Labour urges social conditions for aviation aid
Meeting with Evelyn Regner (Member of the European Parliament) and Österreichischer Gewerkschaftsbund
24 Sept 2024 · General exchange of views
Austrian Chamber of Labour rejects increased nitrogen fertilizer limits
Meeting with Jens Geier (Member of the European Parliament)
26 Apr 2024 · Exchange on Expectations on the new European Parliament and EU Commission (EU Industry Policy, Global Trade, Green Deal, Energy Policy, Digital Agenda)
Meeting with Evelyn Regner (Member of the European Parliament)
24 Apr 2024 · General Exchange of Views
Austrian Labour Chamber urges ban on travel prepayments
Austrian Labour Chamber Urges Stronger EU Passenger Rights Protections
Austrian labor chamber urges social standards for renewable auctions
Meeting with Evelyn Regner (Member of the European Parliament)
10 Jan 2024 · General Exchange of Views
Austrian Chamber of Labour rejects deregulation of new genomic techniques
Austrian Chamber of Labour slams weakening of corporate sustainability reporting
Meeting with Nicolas Schmit (Commissioner) and
23 Mar 2023 · Skills and youth employment
Response to Revision of EU rules on late payments (Late Payments Directive)
20 Feb 2023
Meeting with René Repasi (Member of the European Parliament, Rapporteur for opinion)
29 Jun 2022 · CSDD
Meeting with Bettina Vollath (Member of the European Parliament)
29 Jun 2022 · Richtlinie zu Sorgfaltspflichten (CSDD)
Meeting with Barbara Thaler (Member of the European Parliament, Rapporteur)
24 Jun 2022 · TEN-T
Austrian Labour Chamber urges broader ban on exploitative products
Meeting with Alvaro De Elera (Cabinet of Vice-President Věra Jourová) and Transparency International Liaison Office to the European Union and
1 Mar 2022 · Transparency register
Response to Evaluation and revision of the Weights and Dimensions Directive
17 Feb 2022
Austrian labour union demands consumer protections for district heating markets
Response to Environmental impact of mobile phones and tablets - Energy Labelling
27 Jan 2021
Austrian Labor Chamber demands fairer energy cost distribution
Austrian Chamber of Labour Urges Binding EU Energy Targets
Austrian labor chamber demands fair energy cost sharing
Response to Report on the application of the General Data Protection Regulation
23 Apr 2020
Meeting with Margrethe Vestager (Executive Vice-President) and EUROPEAN TRADE UNION CONFEDERATION and
4 Dec 2019 · Competition policy
Meeting with Eduard Hulicius (Cabinet of Commissioner Věra Jourová)
16 Mar 2016 · Situation on of Austrian railways (abuse of market dominance)
Meeting with Isabelle Perignon (Cabinet of Commissioner Věra Jourová)
16 Mar 2016 · State aid and cartelisation
Meeting with Stefaan Hermans (Cabinet of Commissioner Marianne Thyssen) and Österreichischer Gewerkschaftsbund
4 Feb 2015 · Social and employment priorities of the European Commission
Meeting with Maroš Šefčovič (Vice-President) and Wirtschaftskammer Österreich and
4 Dec 2014 · Energy and Climate Policy