Greece : Countdown to Social Security Reform

ΝΕΤ, ΝΕΤ 105.8 - Wednesday 27th of February 2008

Government spokesman, Thodoros Roussopoulos said that the Inner Cabinet will soon approve draftbill on social security reforms. In parallel, reactions of trade unions continue.

After her meeting with GENOP-DEH today, Employment Minister, Fani Pali Petralia said that social security reforms will not have a negative impact on today and future DEH employees, stressing that protection of employees’ interests completely coincides with the philosophy of social security reforms from which no-one is exempted.. I have committed myself to the president and members of GENOP DEH administration board that nothing will change.

On his part, GENOP-DEH president, Nikos Fotopoulos voiced his radical argument with socials security proposals and called the government to review its stand and exempt GENOP DEH healthy fund. GENOP DEH is staging panhellenic work stoppage tomorrow Tuesday and calls employees to gather at Hankokondili DEH headquarters to protest against memorandum to be signed by the company’s administration tomorrow.

GSEE executive committee is having a meeting since noon today to decide on strike mobilizations while ADEDY has already announced a 24-hour strike.

Athens Trade Union, in its announcement, expresses its support to the just struggle of Attika Metro drivers, who are fighting to protect their labor rights. The announcement says: "Although they work under adverse working conditions, in underground tunnels- artificially lit and aired and close to mobile telephony antennas and electromagnetic fields, the company’s Administration and the State have not recognized their adverse working conditions to include them in the hard and unhealthy professions’ group.
The Administration Board of Daily Newspapers Union Peloponnese-Epirus-Islands has proposed 48-hour strike mobilizations in protest against socials ecurity reforms and rally outside the Maximos Mansion.

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