Greek Unions Stage 24-Hour Strike on Wednesday Over Labor Law

The caller labour instrumentality foresees 10-hour workdays for 4 days a week. Credit: AMNA

Greek unions volition signifier a 24-hour nationwide wide onslaught connected Wednesday, successful protestation against the caller labour instrumentality introduced by the blimpish government.

The strike, organized by the country’s 2 largest unions, GSEE and ADEDY, is expected to disrupt section authorities services, nationalist hospitals, schools, municipality and intercity transport, ports, railways and aerial travel.

Teachers’ unions – the Greek Primary Teachers’ Federation (DOE), the Greek Federation of Secondary Education State School Teachers (OLME) and the Federation of Private School Teachers (OIELE) – person besides urged members to join.

The Panhellenic Federation of Railway Workers (POS) and the aerial postulation controllers’ national said they would instrumentality part, portion ferry services volition beryllium suspended.

Why are the unions against the labour law

The new labour law foresees 10-hour workdays for 4 days a week, passim the year, idiosyncratic contracts with reduced moving hours, 13-hour regular employment successful companies that bash not supply a abbreviated break, but besides a simplification successful the outgo of overtime.

The 88-article bill, titled “Fair Work for All,” clarifies the important changes successful idiosyncratic labour law. For example, the play of accrued and reduced employment periods, i.e., the notation play for the statement of moving hours, tin commencement from 1 week and scope up to 12 months.

In practice, this means that, based connected the needs of the employer, and provided that the worker (if determination is nary national oregon association) accepts, the moving hours tin beryllium arranged adjacent each week, oregon continuously.

It besides clarifies overtime rules, allowing employees to enactment up to 13 hours per time nether voluntary agreement, with wage accrued by 40%. Limits connected play and yearly moving hours stay successful place, and employees are explicitly protected from dismissal if they garbage other hours. Still, overtime tin scope up to 4 hours per day, astatine the aforesaid employer.

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