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Salaries in Greece decrease by 19.1% since 2010,study
European Trade Union Confederation, wages cut in 9 countries
20 March, 14:54
(ANSA) - ROME - Greece comes first among the European
countries that cut employees' wages in the years 2010-2017.
According to the European Trade Union Confederation (ETUC), workers in 9 EU countries gained less in 2017 compared to 2010, while the decline in Greece stands at 19.1%.
The 9 countries are Italy, UK, Spain, Belgium, Greece, Portugal, Finland, Croatia and Cyprus. As for the ETUC'study notes, workers in 6 of the above countries - Italy, United Kingdom, Spain, Belgium, Greece and Finland - earned less in 2017 than in 2016.
As for Ibna press agency, the figures are included in a new report entitled ''Comparative Work Assessment in Europe 2018'' published today by the European Trade Union Institute (ETUI).
The data have been calculated by the ETUI from independent data published in February 2018 concerning ''real wages'' - the value of wages when considering the cost of living.
''Despite the whole debate on economic recovery, workers in many major countries are still worse off than before the crisis and keep losing money. It is no surprise that even the Commission and the European Central Bank are calling for greater salary increases. It is essential not only for social justice but also for achieving growth and creating quality jobs'', said Confederal Secretary of the ETUC, Esther Lynch.
''It is the right moment - she added - to examine stronger actions to promote the best means of achieving fair and reasonable wage increases and negotiations between employers and trade unions.'' ''The European Union and the Member States could set targets to increase the number of employees covered by collective agreements. The European Union must directly require Member States to indicate the measures they will adopt in order to increase the coverage of workers by collective agreements.'', she concluded. (ANSA).
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According to the European Trade Union Confederation (ETUC), workers in 9 EU countries gained less in 2017 compared to 2010, while the decline in Greece stands at 19.1%.
The 9 countries are Italy, UK, Spain, Belgium, Greece, Portugal, Finland, Croatia and Cyprus. As for the ETUC'study notes, workers in 6 of the above countries - Italy, United Kingdom, Spain, Belgium, Greece and Finland - earned less in 2017 than in 2016.
As for Ibna press agency, the figures are included in a new report entitled ''Comparative Work Assessment in Europe 2018'' published today by the European Trade Union Institute (ETUI).
The data have been calculated by the ETUI from independent data published in February 2018 concerning ''real wages'' - the value of wages when considering the cost of living.
''Despite the whole debate on economic recovery, workers in many major countries are still worse off than before the crisis and keep losing money. It is no surprise that even the Commission and the European Central Bank are calling for greater salary increases. It is essential not only for social justice but also for achieving growth and creating quality jobs'', said Confederal Secretary of the ETUC, Esther Lynch.
''It is the right moment - she added - to examine stronger actions to promote the best means of achieving fair and reasonable wage increases and negotiations between employers and trade unions.'' ''The European Union and the Member States could set targets to increase the number of employees covered by collective agreements. The European Union must directly require Member States to indicate the measures they will adopt in order to increase the coverage of workers by collective agreements.'', she concluded. (ANSA).
