Hotel Workers Sign New Contracts

Hotel employees signed a new collective labor contract last month introduced by the Hellenic Federation of Hoteliers after five months of negotiations and strike action by the workers.

The new collective labor contract sees a 15 percent reduction of the basic salary while all benefits are maintained (even those abolished by the bailout memorandum agreement signed between Greece and its creditors) without changes to the institutional provisions of the previous contract.

The contract is valid for the 1 July 2012-31 December 2013 period.

Τhe federation said the new contract is adapted to the circumstances and new conditions of the national economy, the tourism industry and the hotel industry and resets the issue of work conditions of employees in Greek hotels in a rational and realistic manner.