With a lustful attack on the government for the new labor billbut also for all of its policies, PASOK Change President Nikos Androulakis was placed in Parliament. He stressed that such a bill reveals the ideology of the government, stating that “A society without fair and human labor, is a democracy without strong roots”.
Mr. Androulakis described the title of the bill (“fair work for all”) as “short anecdote” and “great irony”, proposing as a more sincere title. ‘Cheap work for many – tolerance to arbitrariness’.
Argued that the arrangement for the 13 hours It is not a mere technical settlement, but the imprint of a conservative perception that strategically deconstructs labor law and He returns us to yesterday’s logic. He accused the government of methodically “driving up the sweater of labor protection”, turning exceptions into rules, as it did by abolishing the well -founded dismissal and weakening collective bargaining.
‘Growth for the few, poverty for many’
The PASOK president presented evidence that, he said, prove the consequences of government policies:
- Greeks work most of the time in the EUbut have the second lower purchasing power.
- The average annual salary is in 3rd place from the end in Europe.
- The share of wages in national income is the second lowest in Europe, while profits are the third highest.
“We have a growth-bullet in the bread of oligopolies, at the expense of thousands of people,” he said.
PASOK’s proposal: Return to collective agreements
Contrarying criticism with specific positions, Mr. Androulakis presented PASOK’s proposal, which includes 5 commitments for a future progressive government, focusing on Restore National General Collective Labor Agreement to determine the minimum wage, the expansion of sectoral contracts and the strengthening of arbitration.
Attack for BOAK and OPEKEPE
Finally, he linked the labor to the general government stance, accusing the government of being a ‘Government of corruption and impunity’. He referred to the additional cost of € 150m for BOAK contractors and the “standing”, as he described it, an Inquiry Committee for OPEKEPE, where witnesses have “suffered amnesia” to cover the ministers.