“Greeks have nothing and do not want to work,” said the president of SYRIZA.
For “Terrible shortage” of labor in tourism and in all industries as well “In the last three years a complete impunity has been created in the work landscape”, spoke o Alexis Tsipras in a meeting with the Tourism-Food Federation, at the party’s offices in Koumoundourou. The president of SYRIZA-PS underlined that specific policies are needed “that will make work attractive again but will also form a framework of decent work and livelihood”.
Mr. Tsipras stated that he hears from everywhere that there are no employees “And my question is: how do you find employees when you think the most important factor of production is expendable?” He stressed that “when you consider that employees are expendable and you put them to work with any conditions and any earnings, without an institutional framework without controls, then you shoot your feet, you shoot the feet of the economy and society because you create conditions of social crisis.” Note that “If we do not understand that you can not have productivity with conditions of impunity, then the economy will not move forward in any sector.” The leader of the official opposition claimed that “this phenomenon that we are seeing now, that there is a terrible shortage of labor in all sectors, has to do with the fact that in the last three years there has been a complete impunity in the workplace and when the young man “In any field, he knows that abroad he will find much better working conditions and much better salaries, he will not be left to work here”.
“We are looking to find now ‘what the Greeks have and do not want to work,'” he commented, noting that “Greeks have nothing and do not want to work” and that “their standard of living and wages are already low.” He noted that “we must pay special attention to the tourism sector which is and will be one of the most productive sectors of the Greek economy” to emphasize that “we must invest in human resources, to invest in its education, in its working conditions, in his earnings “. He underlined that it is the issue of salary is very crucial “Anyway, we believe that in all sectors it should go to 800 euros, because at the moment any increases have been lower than inflation and the salary in Greece is at a lower level than it was twelve years ago. , before 2010 “. He further added that they will make work attractive again but will also form a framework of decent work and livelihood “.
“The problems are very important,” he said President of the Federation of Tourism – Food, George Hotzoglou. He stated that he visited her Crete the CEO of a large Swedish agency that brings about 160,000 Swedes a year in Chania “And he said that what he finds in the last two months is that the tourist product has fallen too much due to lack of staff.” “Imagine that in a five-star hotel restaurant where 220 hotel guests were having lunch, there were 4 waiters. A waiter for 55 customers “, noted Mr. Hotzoglou. He said, among other things, that in major tourist destinations, such as Mykonos, Santorini and Paros, if an employee has a problem there are no labor inspection offices and he has to go to Syros. “The answer I got from the government is that we do not have courts here on these islands, will we have SEPE?” He added.
