Chinanews, October 24. According to the Greek "China Greek Times" report, on October 22 local time, the Institute of Labor of the General Federation of Labor (INE GSEE) released a research report on the current wage situation It shows that there are currently more than 180,000 workers in Greece who are in a gray area of insufficient working hours and on the verge of unemployment, and they are very close to poverty.
Many people have been on vacation for more than three months and their monthly income has been reduced by at least half.
According to reports, in the second quarter of 2020, including most of the downtime in the spring, the average monthly salary of Greek employees fell by 10% year-on-year to 802 euros.
At the same time, the proportion of workers with a monthly salary of no more than 200 euros also jumped from 1% to 12%.
The report also shows that 73% of workers earn less than 1,000 euros a month, 31% of workers earn less than the country’s minimum wage, and 83% of workers who receive the minimum wage are almost below the poverty line.
Experts from the Labor Research Institute warned in the report that the unprecedented new crown epidemic has caused the Greek economy to continue to decline, even worse than the debt crisis in 2010. Such a strong "employment shock" will cause the impoverishment of Greek workers to intensify.
(Zhang Wei)