Nationwide strike for a better salary brings Greece to rest News against protests

Public and private workers enter the 24-hour pedestrian passage for the complete return of collective bargaining rights.

The general strike across the country is disturbed by public services across Greece, with ferries related to the port, flights based and public transport that run only part-time as the unions are pressed for higher life costs.

The 24-hour strike was named Wednesday two main roof unions covered by the public and private sector, seeking a complete return on collective pronouncement rights that abolished as part of international chars during the Greek financial crisis.

Greece appeared from the debt crisis for 2009-18, which saw salaries in salaries and pensions in return worth about 290 billion euros (319 billion euros) and the economic growth of the year to 2.3 percent, surpassing other eurozone economies.

Touch in the progress of the country, the conservative government increased the monthly minimum wage by cumulative 35 percent, to 880 euros (970 USD). But many households continue to fight for completion, they encounter the growing costs of food, power and housing forces, work unions say.

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‘Individuals are powerless

“The demand of the Payment of the Confederation is to return the collective bargaining on salaries. Before 2012, it was half of Greek workers. But there were a national salary agreement signed by employers and unions,” Goiorgos Christopoulos, “said in Al Jazeera.

“Now the government has set up individual contracts in their policy. But individuals are powerless to negotiate (with) their employers,” he said.

“Prices have passed so much to buy smaller goods by 10 percent compared to 2019. year” GSEE, which is more than two million private workers, said in the statement in the statement. “We will be caught in obvious. Pay growing and collective work contracts!”

The striking protesters took to streets in the central Athina where buses, carts, trains, trams and the subway system act only for the part of the day. Similar demonstrations were organized in other cities and cities.

Meanwhile, commercial flights to Earth and from the country and between domestic destinations have also been canceled since midnight on Wednesday until midnight Thursday.

‘It’s a gap that keeps getting bigger

The Greek minimum salary in terms of purchasing power was among the lowest in the European Union in January, behind Portugal and Lithuania, have shown data from EU EUROSTAT statistics.

On 1,342 euros (1477,28 dollars) per month, the average salary is still 10 percent lower than in 2010. year, when the financial crisis, the data of the Greek Ministry of the Review.

The country, however, surpasses its 2 percent of the primary surplus goals, leaving a room to increase salaries, but the government says it must be fiscally prudent to limit the cat charged on their debt, which is still the highest in the eurozone.

The government has promised to increase the minimum wage of an additional 950 euros (1,047 euros), because the average monthly salary of 1,500 euros ($ 1,654), closer to the EU average.

“It is a gap that is constantly becoming greater due to the excursion of prices and inflation that affects energy and medications,” Angelos Galanopoulos said from the eyeshadow.