Answers to questions that have arisen as well as clarifications on issues of the mediation proposal submitted by the Minister of Labor and Social Insurance, Yiannis Panagiotou, for the renewal of the collective agreement of the Hotel Industry, will be requested from the Ministry of Labor by the social partners of the sector (union and employers' organisations), before giving their final position on the proposal.
In statements to the KYPE, the General Secretary of the Federation of Hotel and Leisure Center Employees (OUXEKA) of the Greek Federation of Greek Orthodox Churches, Michalis Fragou, said that the union's collective bodies were informed and asked for "some clarifications" on the issues of the mediation proposal of the Minister of Labour.
Mr. Fragou said that OUXEKA - SEC will ask the Ministry of Labor for a meeting within the week to discuss the specific questions that have arisen and the answers that will be given will be transferred to the collective bodies to take their final position.
Also, the General Secretary of the Union of Hotel Employees and Leisure Centers (SYXKA) of PEO Neophytos Timinis said that there were sessions of the bodies of the union during which the proposal of the Minister of Labor was discussed and "we have recorded the elements that we consider problematic".
Mr. Timinis said that there will be contact with the Ministry of Labor to discuss these issues and "depending on the answers we get we will position ourselves officially".
Besides, the General Director of PASYXE Filokypros Rousounidis told KYPE that "it seems that we will use up all the time slots because various discussions are still being held in our collective bodies and by province as well as at the central level of the Board of Directors".
Mr. Rousounidis said that "he has not yet clarified what the direction will be, because we are waiting for some clarifications".
"We hope that by the end of the week, since we have received some clarifications from the Ministry of Labor on the questions we have regarding the proposal, we will be able next Saturday, at the extraordinary General Assembly, to decide either for or against the Minister's proposal", he added.
Finally, the President of STEK Akis Vavlitis said that this afternoon the Board of Directors of the Association will meet to take a position on the mediation proposal of the Minister of Labor and then the position - recommendation that will be reached by the Board of Directors will be put before an extraordinary General Assembly for ratification.
Mr. Vavlitis also said that it is most likely that STEK will request some clarifications on the issues of the proposal from the Ministry of Labor
The Minister awaits the final responses of the social partners of the sector by 21 October 2024, in order to determine whether the two sides reach an agreement or an impasse.
