The new provision undermines Collective Labour Agreements, which, according to the government’s own ideology, are supposed to be “free,” says Stathis Charitos, President of the Eurobank Employees’ Union Board.
The government’s new labour bill, although it includes some positive measures, will go down in history for introducing the 13-hour working day, according to Stathis Charitos, President of the Eurobank Employees’ Union Board and member of the leadership of OTOE (Greek Federation of Bank Employee Unions) and GSEE (Greek General Confederation of Labour).
Mr Charitos denounces the measure as an “extreme form of flexibility”, designed to serve specific sectoral interests, such as those in tourism and catering, without taking into account its consequences for workers.
Undermining collective labour agreements
The President of the Eurobank Employees’ Union stresses that the new provision undermines Collective Labour Agreements, which — according to the government’s own narrative — should be “free.”
He further points out that the measure shifts the burden of resistance to individual negotiation, which can never replace collective bargaining, since the balance of power between employees and employers is far from equal.
Mr Charitos calls on the government to withdraw the provision entirely, both to protect workers’ physical and mental health and because working parents will be placed in an objectively impossible position — unable to care for their children during periods of extended working hours.
“This provision must be withdrawn,” he concludes, “not only because it jeopardises workers’ physical and mental well-being by undermining adequate rest, but also because working parents will face an impossible task during periods of intensified work — struggling to find childcare and supervision structures for their minor children.”
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Mr Charitos denounces the measure as an “extreme form of flexibility”, designed to serve specific sectoral interests, such as those in tourism and catering, without taking into account its consequences for workers.
Undermining collective labour agreements
The President of the Eurobank Employees’ Union stresses that the new provision undermines Collective Labour Agreements, which — according to the government’s own narrative — should be “free.”
He further points out that the measure shifts the burden of resistance to individual negotiation, which can never replace collective bargaining, since the balance of power between employees and employers is far from equal.
Mr Charitos calls on the government to withdraw the provision entirely, both to protect workers’ physical and mental health and because working parents will be placed in an objectively impossible position — unable to care for their children during periods of extended working hours.
“This provision must be withdrawn,” he concludes, “not only because it jeopardises workers’ physical and mental well-being by undermining adequate rest, but also because working parents will face an impossible task during periods of intensified work — struggling to find childcare and supervision structures for their minor children.”
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