GSEE declares 24-hour Nationwide strike on October 1st

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The General Confederation of Greek Workers (GSEE) has declared a 24-hour nationwide strike connected Wednesday, October 1st, unanimously adopting the connection of its enforcement committee. The Civil Servants’ Confederation (ADEDY) has besides already announced a 24-hour onslaught for the aforesaid day.

The main demands are:

Withdrawal of the unacceptable acceptable of measures connected the regularisation of moving clip successful the upcoming measure of the competent Ministry, which introduces a 13-hour moving time nether the aforesaid employer. This continues a bid of laws that chiefly load the astir susceptible workers.
Reduction of moving hours now, with the implementation of a 37.5-hour workweek, arsenic already applied successfully successful galore European countries.
Restoration of the model of escaped corporate bargaining, arsenic it existed earlier the notorious Cabinet Act 6/2012, a cornerstone of the bailout-era legislation.

According to GSEE, the authorities “shows nary interest for the equilibrium betwixt nonrecreational and idiosyncratic life, nor for wellness and information successful workplaces. At the aforesaid time, entrusting the regularisation of moving clip to a paternalistic authorities ignores societal dialogue, deliberately weakens escaped corporate bargaining, and serves precise circumstantial leader interests.”

The connection concludes:
“Greek wage earners, who already enactment much yearly hours than each their colleagues successful the EU, and who study overwhelming levels of burnout and exhaustion, are present faced with a dystopia. Enough is enough. We cannot endure immoderate longer. Working clip is not a commodity—it is our life!”