Observación (CEACR) - Adopción: 2014, Publicación: 104ª reunión CIT (2015)

Convenio sobre la negociación colectiva, 1981 (núm. 154) - Grecia (Ratificación : 1996)

The Committee notes the response of the Government to the observations of the World Federation of Trade Unions (WFTU). The Committee further takes note of the observations provided by the International Organisation of Employers (IOE) in a communication received on 1 September 2014. It further notes the Government’s reply to the 2013 observations from the IOE and the Hellenic Federation of Enterprises and Industries (SEV). The Committee also notes the observations provided by the SEV in a communication received on 25 September 2014, which are being addressed in its comments under the Right to Organise and Collective Bargaining Convention, 1949 (No. 98).

Article 5 of the Convention. The Committee recalls that in its previous comments, the Committee requested the Government to provide detailed information on the steps taken to review with the social partners the various measures that had been taken to unilaterally bring about changes to the terms and conditions of employment of public sector workers with a view to limiting their impact and providing adequate safeguards for the protection of workers’ living standards.

The Committee notes the information provided by the Government according to which the new grading system for the public service and the labour reserve are not included in the list of issues that may be the subject of collective agreements under the current legislative framework. The Government adds that the competent Department of the Ministry of Administrative Reform and E-Governance takes into account requests, observations and proposals of the bodies concerned.

The Committee requests the Government to continue to provide information on the steps taken to promote collective bargaining for all groups of workers, including the public service, progressively extended to all matters related to working conditions and terms of employment and to indicate any reviews undertaken with the social partners on the impact of the unilateral changes brought about to employment conditions over recent years.