The supermarket chain “Sklavnitis” abolishes six-day employment from 1 November

The supermarket chain “composes ” from November 1 in the six days, with workers earning a weekly day off. As the “Sklavnitis” union says, “in this context, colleagues who have a six-day contract, whether they work six hours a day or six hours and forty minutes, will now have a weekly day off. Specifically, part-time workers (6×6) will work four seven hours and eight hours and full-time workers (6×6,40) five eight hours”. The Association points out that evolution can have positive consequences for the world of wage labour more overall, as it is a positive example. “As a fact, it sends the society a message of optimism, a message corresponding to what the business contract we signed last December, which was the first in our country to recognise the lost – by law – three years of 2012 – 2023”, concludes the announcement. Sources of the supermarket chain point out that this move concerns just over 5,700 workers, with the chain employing 32,000 people who in their vast majority are full-time. “This is a development which, although it concerns exclusively our company’s colleagues, we appreciate that it can have positive consequences for the world of wage labour more overall, as it is a clearly positive example. As a fact, it sends to the Greek society a message of optimism and confidence, a message corresponding to what was sent by the operational contract of work that we signed last December, which was the first in our country to recognise the lost – by law – three years of 2012 – 2023” says the relevant announcement.