The latest figures published by the Social Security Organisation(IKA) and the Employment Agency on employment and unemployment respectively, prove that any growth preached by the defenders of the capital and the multinationals means permanent pauperization and dividing up poverty for the workers, living with crumbs for the people .
According to IKA in May 2014 although it appears that the number of insured persons increases, at the same time the elements of the Employment Agency for the immediately subsequent period show an increase again of the unemployed -that is an example of the flexible working relations of workers with employment programs mainly in the tourism industry-.
This demonstrates in practice, based on the information presented per month, that employment programs do not face unemployment, do not create steady jobs but only cover unemployment, divide up poverty. Unemployment remains steady at high levels; the wages at low and flexible working relations now predominate.
At the same time according to the data of IKA, the average wages have been decreased by 7.9%, while at the same time, part-time employment continues to increase, increased by 30.5%! It is also significant that in joint operations with full employment the average daily wage decreased by 6.18%, while the average monthly wage decreased by 7.47%.
Pursuit of the Capital and the EU, is no matter of which colour will the government be, to carry out their directions, to continue the attack against labor, insurance and salary workers’ rights. To dominate everywhere and become established flexible working relations, half-unemployment, the wages to reach even lower levels.
Workers should use their experience the examples of workers in industries and workplaces. where with the struggles imposed increases and gains. This is the way! Following such examples of struggle, isolating the political and trade union forces that cultivate waiting and fatalism, workers must take matters into their own hands.
With massive militant, class-oriented trade unions, workers to strengthen the struggle for collective agreements which will meet our contemporary needs. To demand and enforce the abolition of flexible working relations. Substantial and immediate protective measures for the unemployed and their families.