Real salary; taxation; combating accuracyintervention for the lusty of oligopiesmore Ants of Employment Arbitrationreduction or even Ni VAT nailed to basic goodsmeasures for cheap roof and reset the status of the collective bargaining of social partners asked for chairman her GSEE; Giannis Panagopoulosat the press conference of GSEE to Thessalonikiin view of the mobilization of workers to 89th TIF.

At the same time, he asked for her withdrawal of the new labor bill And he suggested that a working -term reduction model be explored and implemented from forty to thirty -seven half hours a week.

“In the following days not only the economic period opens, a new period of social struggles begins. So far I have been saying: There is no opposition, except accuracy. Now I see not even the government, or, better, there is a Government of great purpose, in a time of great contradictions“Mr. Panagopoulos said and continued:

“On the one hand we hear the government every day talking about strong growth, stability, beastly primary surpluses, to improve the extroversion of the economy. On the other hand, however, we see a completely different picture: salaries that do not reach two months, accounts, bills that disappear, Growth, then it is growth for the few, not for society. Greece of good macroeconomic indicators is a Greece – showcase. Real Greece is Greece of low wages, exhaustive work, accidents at work, uncertainty. It is a country that counts its time in work hours rather than in quality of life“

Mr. Panagopoulos spoke of “the paradox of today’s economic model of Greece”, where “the sacrifices of workers are turned into a luxurious for the few” and “overwork has become a regime, while the seizure and insecurity of the employees are growing” and he added:

“Today, 60% of general government tax revenue comes from indirect taxes. This means that the poor and the rich pay the same tax. This is the definition of injustice …. today, more than ever, we need a new social agreement. An agreement that will put an end to the depreciation of work and exploitation, and will pave the way for a fair and common prosperity. “

“While the average annual salary increased by 28%, as the Prime Minister says, he forgets at the same time to tell us that the income tax increased by 118%,” his secretary -general said. GSEE Nikos Fotopoulos and added:

“For the minimum wage, the tax it had before the last increase, before the 50euro crumbs that threw us away in April when it was 830euro the tax was then 137euro and after April it went to 271, that is, 133euro above.”

“The real stake is what society we want,” his scientific director said INE/ GSEE George Argititis And he continued: “Do we want a society of exhausted workers, where work will absorb every trace of time and energy, or in a society that sees work as a means of creation and dignity? The choice is not neutral is value and political. So our message is clear that working time is not a commodity, but it is our own lives. “

Call for Trade Unions in Mobilization at TIF He asked for his part President of ECTH Haris Kyprianidis.

Presentation of Metron Analysis Polls for INE/GSEE for working hours

Data in the democratic research, according to analysts, show that “there is a huge expectation in labor society for a better balance between work and personal life” and that this necessarily “does not mean a reduction in productivity, on the contrary, may mean improvement”.

The research carried out on INE GSEE by Metron Analysis was presented by Stratos Fanaras President and CEO and Political Analyst Yiannis Balambanidis.

The nationwide study was conducted from August 25 to 30, in a sample of 806 private sector workers, with a mixed methodology, telephone and online and its findings move on four axes related to working time.

To the question “If used in the business where you work digital work card?” Nearly one in two, 47%, say that they actually use the digital work card with its larger user in the processing sectors (63%) and commerce (62%). 47% replies that it is easy to use and of 1 in 10 replies that “it has been able to use it irregularly”. And, as a rule, almost twice in three, (62%), occurs at the request of the employer and not from the employee’s initiative.

The majority of respondents, 65%, say that they actually help, guarantee them in respect of hours.

Annual Paid license

To the question: “When you wanted to get the annual leave of pay, did you face difficulty, or not?” So it turns out that one in three (33%) employees states that it has actually encountered some difficulty, especially in the services industry (42%) and older ages, 50-64 years (41%). The largest percentage states that it takes it to be swallowed in three periods. One in three (36%) say he failed to take all the days that are appropriate.

Overtime settings

The question “How often do you work overtime” the answer is that one in two (47%) say they actually work overtime, mainly workers in very large businesses with over 250 employees (63%) and older ages, 50-64 years (54%). 45% of overtime workers say that they receive neither financial compensation nor repo.

Indeed, this seems to be more about women (50%), younger (52%to 18-29) and medium-sized employees, 10 to 49 employees (55%).

Flexibility at work

Research has shown that 55% of workers, especially younger workers, would prefer – in a weekly working time reduction scenario from 40 to 37.5 hours – a settlement in the form of working days reduction in the year, while 45%, on the other hand, would want a decrease in day -to -day work. On the issue of 13 -hour work, younger workers seem to want it more, but with a corresponding increase in their earnings, while with rates reaching up to two -thirds of respondents, they admit that overwork has a negative impact on quality of life, family planning, health burden, health burden.

The last section concerns how employees would see a four -day job regulation, with the same salary, 81% of employees would prefer such an arrangement, if possible, compared to 17% who would not prefer it.

To the question “if this measure were applied, would the productivity of labor be increasing, or in your opinion?”

It turns out that almost half (49%) believe they would grow, one in four (26%) say it would decline and 20%think productivity would not change.

Inferences of the survey

The data, according to analysts who conducted the survey, shows that “there are” serious issues in maintaining basic labor rights “, but also” strong indications that workers are open to new arrangements that will improve their quality of life and work “.

It also seems that the regulation of work towards the reduction of hours, or working days, encounters a very great acceptance by the workers themselves “not only in terms of personal life but also in terms of productivity”.