Countdown runs for the signature of the new two -year collective agreement with new increases wage to focus.
Valid newsit.gr reports that the Pan -Hellenic Federation of Food and Tourism Workers (POET) has already submitted a plan to the trade unions of the catering sector (GSEVEE, Pan -Hellenic Federation of Restaurants, 20%) Frames of a sectoral contract for 2025 – 2027).
Specifically, the WTOET proposes a 7% increase this year (starting from June 2025) and 5% in 2026.
Indeed, the WTOET is calling for a single sectoral collective convention both in the focus and in the pastry shops in order to force the large chains of the two branches (ie those active at the same time both in catering and pastry) to accept its terms.
The same sources report that the large chains of the two branches avoided accepting the terms of either the Custom Collective Agreement, or the sectoral collective agreement in the pastry shops, as they do not belong exclusively to any of the two branches, and they are not members of any members, Confectioners of Greece (OEZE).
Trade unions tell Newsit.gr that the climate on the part of employers’ unions is generally positive about the proposed wage increases.
However, there are pressures (from employers’ circles) in relation to the 11 -hour rest but also in the designation of a particular number of employees, as – by law – it is partially excluded from the digital work card status (which is already compulsorily applied to focus).
Towards the end of this month, a meeting is expected between the trade union leadership of catering and representatives of the Ministry of Labor, while a meeting between the trade unions and the Federation of Professionals of Greece is planned at the beginning of the next.
The planned signature of the sectoral contract in the catering and pastry shops will come to “button” with the already signed sectoral contract in hotels in order to have a minimum wage -labor “security” net for the wider Greek tourism sector.
Question is only if and when the work minister will proceed to changes in labor relationshipssuch as increasing overtime, settlement of work on a weekly basis and the introduction of custom contracts.