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Greece Delays Submission Of Labor, Pension Reforms To June 28
(Dow Jones)- The Greek government has postponed the submission of reform bills on promises to restructure the pension system and make the labour market more flexible until June 28 as negotiations continue and resistance mounts.
The Minister of Employment Andreas Loverdos had planned to submit a presidential decree on labor law deregulation on Tuesday for a speedy parliamentary committee discussion. A separate bill to make the debt-ridden pension scheme more viable was expected to be submitted to parliament Wednesday. Both have initiatives have been merged and put back to next week.
"The reforms on both matters will be rolled into one bill that is likely to be submitted for debate on Monday, June 28," said a senior official at the Ministry of Employment who asked not to be named since the decision was not yet official.
Both labor and pension reforms are key promises that the government has given to the International Monetary Fund and the European Union in exchange for their EUR110 billion bailout for the cash-trapped Mediterranean nation.
Political sources say that the IMF and EU are pushing for even deeper and more drastic changes, so negotiations with the Loverdos appear to be ongoing to determine the final draft of the prospective law.
But the government and Loverdos are also being squeezed in the opposite direction from their own parliamentary block and local trade unions.
There are rumbling inside the ruling party parliamentary block because the new measures are decidedly unpopular with 70% of voters according to polls and the politicians fear an electoral backlash and social unrest.
"This particular reform agenda will be the toughest test for the government to date--both for its internal cohesion and ability to persuade the public--and they may make some last-minute changes and water down reforms just to make them more palatable," political commentator George Sefertzis told Dow Jones Newswires.
Greece's public sector umbrella union, ADEDY, which has 400,000 members will hold a rally Wednesday in downtown Athens at 1600 GMT to protest against the reforms. ADEDY in conjunction with the largest local union, the Greek General Confederation of Labor, of GSEE, that represents another 800,000 members, has called for a paralyzing 24-hour strike for June 29 adding pressure on the government to relent on the reform agenda.
Unions have said that proposals such as expected cuts to pensions, raising retirement ages, making it easier for employers to layoff staff and lower minimum wages for youth are all "unacceptable."
"The postponement is positive because it gives us more time to negotiate and discuss measures so our voice will be heard this time. It's also more democratic to have the whole bill debated in parliament rather than pushing it through as a presidential decree,"said Stathis Anestis, spokesman for private sector umbrella union GSEE.
