Athens News Agency: News in English, 05-11-29
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[01] PASOK: Govt's reforms damage workers
[01] PASOK: Govt's reforms damage workers
The government's reforms damage workers' rights whether in terms of pay
or labour relations, main opposition PASOK Spokesman Nikos Athanassakis
said commenting on the goverment's draft bill on reforming public
sector enterprises on Tuesday.
Athanassakis accused the government of implementing policies that
"continuously lead to an impasse and that public sector enterprises are
on a steady decline making losses when they used to be profitable."
Further, PASOK's spokesman said that the government tries to lay the
blame for everything on workers and on public sector enterprises'
social role, while trying to unilaterally change working terms and
conditions.
The government's "decisions and moves thus lead to insecurity among
workers and uncertainty in the marketplace," he said.
The draft bill, which was unanimously approved by the inner cabinet on
Tuesday, provides for the introduction of private-sector management
principles and international accounting standards for public
enterprises and organisations; and the shift of bourse-listed state
utilities into the private sector, among other things.
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