05.09.2012 - 06:28 [ Guardian ]

Eurozone demands six-day week for Greece

The demand is contained in a leaked letter from the „troika“ of the country‘s lenders, the European commission, European Central Bank, and International Monetary Fund. In the letter, the officials policing Greece‘s compliance with the austerity package imposed in return for the bailout insist on radical labour market reforms, from minimum wages to overtime limits to flexible working hours, that are likely to worsen the standoff between the government and organised labour in Greece.