Greece
A report from the INE research institute of the GSEE private sector trade union confederation reveals the rapid impoverishment experienced by many as a result of the the crisis, labour market deregulation, the decline in collective wage agreements and wage cuts. Half of private sector workers take home less than EUR 800 a month, according to the research.
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(May 2017) A new report from the ETUI research institute explodes the myth that deregulation of employment protection legislation creates either economic growth or an increase in jobs. The report examines evidence from 10 countries (Spain, Italy, Estonia, Slovakia, Poland, Germany, France, Denmark, and the UK) and shows that the main impact in these measures has been the spread of precarious employment conditions.
The global trade union confederation, ITUC, has published a short briefing on the International Monetary Fund (IMF) that demonstrates how the institution continues to argue for labour market deregulation and to include labour market reform in its loan negotiations. The ITUC says that: "Throughout southern and eastern Europe, the IMF has formulated country-level policy advice or lending conditions that have pushed countries to deregulate labour markets and dismantle or weaken collective bargaining institutions on the pretext that it will make their economies more “competitive” and increase
