12/10/2015 10:09
The labor crisis at the Hellenic Bank seems to escalate as the union, with a circular, is inviting its members working at the Hellenic Bank to a two-hour strike next Thursday from 12:30 - 14:30.
The occasion of the new confrontation, according to ETYK are the bank’s "diplomatic efforts (by the management) to impose artificial dilemmas and exercise indirect or direct pressure to the staff which is unacceptable and by itself causes a negative climate and undermines any effort to find mutually acceptable solutions to purely working issues".
The union accuses the management that "at official meetings, at working time and from a position of power, the management tries to convince about its determination to enforce its positions (as regards working hours and recruitment), provocatively ignoring procedures foreseen under labor norms".
It also calls the management "inexperienced" which according to ETYK "does not realize that all these actions and behavior exacerbate its position and the Bank is led to dead ends and damaging paths."
"It is our obligation to point to the administration that it must respect institutions, agreements and that for the sake of the Bank itself, it is required to restore, with actions, labor peace," it is added by ETYK.
It is also noted that working hours are specified in detail in the collective agreement, as regards both the framework of working days and that of working hours and any differentiation can only occur through a new agreement.
ETYK also states that the serious difference on the issue of direct recruitment to a post still exists.
The legal department in a recent opinion requested by the Ministry of Labour notes that "the employer's right to freely choose the people they hire is not a labor dispute and shall not constitute in any way a labor dispute."
ETYK, at a meeting last week with the management, hinted that labor relations cannot be left to opinions of the Legal Service, replacing the institution of free negotiations.
The Hellenic Bank made clear at that meeting that the Bank has the right to choose its executives and left the possibility open to submit a proposal to solve the whole problem.
The Hellenic Bank’s proposal has been given to ETYK since last week, according to the Chairwoman of the Bank’s BoD Irena Georgiadou, but none of the two sides wished to disclose it until now because, as indicated, it continues to be a matter of negotiation between the two sides.
As regards loans provided to staff, ETYK reports that at the meetings it was explained that the proposal of the Bank for conventional loans includes a significant increase in the amounts of loans for the benefit of workers.
"What was deliberately not mentioned is that in addition to the increased interest rate being floating, is the fact that the vast majority of colleagues, based on the proposal, will be burdened with the highest interest rate, without actually getting an increased loan, due to the strict criteria of the Central Bank on repayment ability. In short, colleagues will not have any benefit while there will be a profit for the Bank at the expense of its own staff" ETYK adds.
The occasion of the new confrontation, according to ETYK are the bank’s "diplomatic efforts (by the management) to impose artificial dilemmas and exercise indirect or direct pressure to the staff which is unacceptable and by itself causes a negative climate and undermines any effort to find mutually acceptable solutions to purely working issues".
The union accuses the management that "at official meetings, at working time and from a position of power, the management tries to convince about its determination to enforce its positions (as regards working hours and recruitment), provocatively ignoring procedures foreseen under labor norms".
It also calls the management "inexperienced" which according to ETYK "does not realize that all these actions and behavior exacerbate its position and the Bank is led to dead ends and damaging paths."
"It is our obligation to point to the administration that it must respect institutions, agreements and that for the sake of the Bank itself, it is required to restore, with actions, labor peace," it is added by ETYK.
It is also noted that working hours are specified in detail in the collective agreement, as regards both the framework of working days and that of working hours and any differentiation can only occur through a new agreement.
ETYK also states that the serious difference on the issue of direct recruitment to a post still exists.
The legal department in a recent opinion requested by the Ministry of Labour notes that "the employer's right to freely choose the people they hire is not a labor dispute and shall not constitute in any way a labor dispute."
ETYK, at a meeting last week with the management, hinted that labor relations cannot be left to opinions of the Legal Service, replacing the institution of free negotiations.
The Hellenic Bank made clear at that meeting that the Bank has the right to choose its executives and left the possibility open to submit a proposal to solve the whole problem.
The Hellenic Bank’s proposal has been given to ETYK since last week, according to the Chairwoman of the Bank’s BoD Irena Georgiadou, but none of the two sides wished to disclose it until now because, as indicated, it continues to be a matter of negotiation between the two sides.
As regards loans provided to staff, ETYK reports that at the meetings it was explained that the proposal of the Bank for conventional loans includes a significant increase in the amounts of loans for the benefit of workers.
"What was deliberately not mentioned is that in addition to the increased interest rate being floating, is the fact that the vast majority of colleagues, based on the proposal, will be burdened with the highest interest rate, without actually getting an increased loan, due to the strict criteria of the Central Bank on repayment ability. In short, colleagues will not have any benefit while there will be a profit for the Bank at the expense of its own staff" ETYK adds.
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