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What is the biggest problem with wage labor in Greece? That its coverage rate by collective labor agreements is one of the lowest in the 27 countries of the European Union, at around 20%. This statistic is one you'd expect to find in a third world country rather than a European one. In the years when Greece was implementing its three bailouts, collective labor agreements froze and were displaced by individual and business contracts that, instead of adding, took away labor rights. It was the cost of restoring the economy's competitiveness.

The EU, with a special directive, stipulates that collective labor agreements should cover 80% of the employees of each country and that, where this is not the case, a roadmap that will lead to 80% must be drawn up. In our case, the Greek government is doing the exact opposite. Instead of strengthening collective bargaining and the...