“The New Democracy and Kyriakos Mitsotakis will remain in history as the government that legalized the 13 hours and brought the country back to the Middle Ages,” says KTE responsible. Work of PASOK Change, Pavlos Christidis.

In a statement on the posting of the Prime Minister, Mr Christidis states that “from the first day of the New Democracy, the Greek labor market is accepting continuous, methodical and brutal attacks”, resulting in “complete deregulation of employees’ lives, with our country today. on the purchasing power of workers. “

“Mr Mitsotakis’ policy in labor is not only anti -labor, it is hostile to the very concept of decent labor itself,” he argues, noting that in a series of legislative interventions, the government “systematically demolished fundamental rights won by decades.” Specifically states:

“- Law 4623/2019: The” valid “dismissal was abolished. The employer again acquired the right to dismiss without any justification, increasing job insecurity.

– Law 4808/2021, the infamous “Chatzidakis Law”: Despite the assurances that “the 8 hours is not abolished”, the individual settlement of working time was introduced, overtime increased, the right to strike was reduced and business executives were excluded.

– Law 5053/2023: 6 -day work was expanded, imprisonment penalties for those who hindered strikes were introduced, the possibility of dismissal without notice within 12 months and enhanced the employment in terms of exhaustion of the employee. “

PASOK’s responsible department adds that “today, with the new 13 -hour bill, the demolition of any concept of labor rights” is completed and comments that “Mr Mitsotakis is trying to present the dissolution of the working hours as” flexibility “, he is in the process of finding his” flexibility “. Work overtime. ” “And here is the essence,” Mr. Christidis points out, saying that “denial means that the employer commands and the employee must prove why he cannot execute it”, while “consensus, on the contrary, means free and mutual agreement, which does not exist in practice.” “The difference is fundamental and the government consciously bypasses it,” he says.

He concludes that “young people who work in tourism, focus, distribution, logistics do not ask for much. They ask that they can live from their work, not to be exterminated daily for a salary that does not even reach the basics. “