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Survey: High Unemployment and Rising Deficits of Social Security Funds

The General Confederation of Greek Workers (GSEE) revealed data showing a huge decline in income for most Greek wage earners during the crisis. The data shows that approximately a million jobs have already been lost, while it warns for a new...

850,000 Workers Unpaid for a Year

The financial crisis has dramatically changed the lives of millions of Greek citizens whose wages have been cut while their purchasing power has gone 30 years back. According to the annual report of the Labor Institute of the General Confederation of...

140 Thousand Greek Professionals Migrated Abroad

Approximately 140 thousand young Greek scientists and professionals have migrated in the last four years. According to a study by the Greek Labor Institute of the General Confederation of Workers (GSEE), during the years Greece has been experiencing an economic crisis, a...

Only 38% of Employed Greeks Can Go on Vacation

Three in four employed Greeks have lost part of their income in the last year, 1 in 3 indicates a further reduction of their income in the last three months and 4 in 10 employed Greeks fear a further...

Greek Pensioners Face 25% Auxiliary Cut

Breaking a vow not to impose any more austerity measures, the Greek coalition government led by Prime Minister Antonis Samaras, the New Democracy Conservative leader,  is set to slash already-reduced auxiliary pensions as much as another 25 percent. Greek retirees,...

Greek Joblessness Long-Term Woe

Political promises aside, it will take at least 20 years for Greece to recreate the one million jobs lost during an economic crisis that saw the rate soar to a record 28 percent in a four-year period, the Labor...