Have the new anti-labor law that concerns the 13-hour workday withdrawn!
Everyone join the demonstration on Monday, 8/09, 7:30 p.m., at Syntagma
The new government bill escalates its attack on workers, building upon previous anti-labor laws, and seeks to establish 13-hour workdays for a single employer as standard practice. It further cheapens overtime for employers, by reducing the additional contributions they are required to pay.
It also targets summer leave, abolishing the employer’s obligation to grant it within the designated period and without splitting it up. This bill is clearly designed to serve the interests of big business groups.
We are already living the consequences, even before the bill has been voted in!
This summer, in many projects, workers were pressured to split their summer leave, being told there wasn’t enough staff to cover the gaps, while “flexibility” was presented as being “for everyone’s good.”
At the same time, overtime is demanded on a permanent basis, under the pretext that workers will “increase their income.”
The government’s narrative has already taken shape in our industry, including at Concentrix, where workers are “voluntarily” asked to work overtime!
They are hiding their true goal: to increase working hours in order to extract even greater profits from our already unpaid labor.
They indirectly admit that wages are insufficient, forcing many of us to work second jobs just to survive.
Our lives will not get better with 13-hour workdays, but with substantial wage increases, reduction of working hours, and stable schedules.
We demand:
- The new anti-labor bill must not be submitted!
- 7-hour workday, 5-day workweek, 35-hour week.
- Wage increases and signing of Collective Labor Agreements.
- Restoration of the three-year seniority allowances and their recognition throughout the entire working life.
- Health and safety measures in the workplace.
EVERYONE JOIN THE DEMONSTRATION ON MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, AT 7:30 PM, AT SYNTAGMA
pre-gathering at 6:30 p.m., Kaningos Square