“It’s the next link in the chain of a methodical degradation of labor rights”
A harsh criticism of the Ministry of Labor’s bill concerning, among other things, the introduction of up to 13 hours of work, the House of Representatives, Nikos Androulakis, stating that it deducts rights from employees by imposing flexibility on working hours, while protecting the employer negotiating position.
At the same time, the PASOK Change Chairman commented strongly what is being held in the OPEKEPE Inquiry Committee, where he emphasized that it was attempting to conceal and that the ND would enter the timeline of history with the victory of the democratic party in the next elections.
“The 13 hours did not come out of nowhere. It is the next link in the chain of a methodical degradation of labor rights, “Mr. Androulakis noted, adding that” Slowly, you are drying out the sweater of labor protection, thread, arrangement-arrangement. You did the same with:
* The abolition of well -founded dismissal ratio and the ability of workers to unilaterally resort to arbitration.
* The replacement of collective bargaining with individual agreements,
* Tasted contracts, with which the employee is on work readiness for whenever and as much as the business needs. “
He added that “13 hours is just the tip of the iceberg, as below there is a whole system of weakening the institutions of labor, resulting in Greek workers working most of the time in the European Union, but have the second lower purchasing power at 27, while their real incomes are in constant divergence.”
The president of the PASOK-Main of Change emphasized that during the New Democracy days a huge redistribution of wealth is taking place, and this is “a product of political choices related to the weak negotiating power of the world of work … And so we are skates in the productivity of labor, with a workforce that does not have a labor environment that does not have a labor.”
He emphasized that PASOK proposes a “new social contract” while also pointing out “an invisible danger. The great crisis we have experienced over the past decade has left an extremely negative heritage, beyond economic and social indicators. A low self -confidence Greece has been consolidated without high convergence goals as in the past, “he said.
He reiterated the beam of five national convergence targets with Europe, which he proposed to TIF, one of which is the decent work for all and the fairer distribution of wealth.
“We bring a specific, social democratic and just proposal. Both in TIF and with our current amendment we are committed to:
1. Restore the National General Collective Labor Agreement and the determination of the minimum wage by the social partners.
2. Extension and universal power of sectoral collective agreements.
3. Reinstatement of collective agreements to make it 6 months and total.
4. Restore the possibility of unilateral arbitration appeal, as in force before the Legislative intervention of the New Democracy government in 2019, in order to enhance collective bargaining and collective agreements.
5. Providing tax and insurance incentives to businesses that will prepare business contracts, which will include institutional rights for employees, such as kindergartens for their children.
Our commitment is not just corrective; it is a reversal of the course to the Jungle. It is the foundation for a new social contract, with dignity, transparency and fair development, “said Nikos Androulakis.
“PASOK is the line that has established labor law in the country, which is why we are committed as a government to abolish the legislation that is hostage to the worker. We guarantee a new framework that will protect and enhance the world of work, putting rules for a more humane life and a fair redistribution of wealth. Because for us, work is not just a cost, it is the soul of society, “he said.
Concluding his speech, PASOK-KINAL President strongly criticized the decision to pay 145 million to BOAK manufacturers, because, as he noted, “the government cannot deliver its construction site timely and timely”.
“Mitsotakis’s impotence is paid by Greek taxpayers. A project with a total initial budget of € 350 million already costs 124.5 million, without being completed.
The Mitsotakis government finds money for contractors, but does not find farmers and support for the primary sector.
The government finds money for contractors but does not want to give employees and retirees who cannot afford the expenses of the month because of accuracy. She has made her choice. Ineffectiveness, wasting of the money of the Greek people and gifts in interests. The people have another choice. Powerful PASOK, “he concluded.