Controversy between the government and the opposition parties is expected to trigger, during today’s debate in the Plenary, an amendment which amends / supplements the provisions regarding “GENERAL MINING AND METALLURGICAL ANONYMOUS. .Α.Ε.). The company is in a special liquidation regime, according to article 21 of law 4664/2020.
At the time when the Plenary will discuss the amendment, the LARCO employees will be outside the Parliament, asking that the dismissals do not proceed and that the amendment be withdrawn.
With the amendment:
a. There is a possibility for the special manager to terminate all the part-time employment contracts of the employees in the company. As a consequence, the special administrator is assigned the determination of the amount of compensations due, due to termination of employment contracts, for all employees and it is stipulated that the costs arising from the termination of employment contracts are covered by the Greek State
b. Similarly, the special administrator is enabled to conclude monthly or bi-monthly fixed-term contracts, for a period of special management, after the termination of the employment contracts and for the purpose of continuing the operation of the company and in each case up to (5) months. It is stipulated that the costs arising from the conclusion of fixed-term contracts are covered by E.D.
c. It is envisaged that the dismissed employees will be included in special actions / special employment programs, under the responsibility of the Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs.
In the introductory report of the amendment, it is mentioned that arrangements are introduced that specify the issues concerning the employees of the company under special management LARCO, “in order to successfully complete the completion of the two parallel tender procedures carried out by the Special Management and the HRDH, for the disposal of the mines by the company and the Greek State, respectively, for the benefit of the national economy and the creation of new jobs. In addition, social protection measures are taken for all the staff of the company “.
SYRIZA
“The amendment leads to the mass dismissal of LARCO employees”, complained the SYRIZA MPs, Mariliza Xenogiannakopoulou, Efi Ahtsioglou, Alexis Haritsis, Socratis Famellos and Giannis Sarakiotis.
“After the vote of the defeated amendment of February 2020 that paved the way for the sale of LARCO, by the MPs of ND alone, the Mitsotaki Government that promised” more and better jobs for all “, with an amendment of shame, which submitted “brings it to the Plenary Session of the Parliament on Tuesday, leads to mass dismissal of all employees of LARCO, the only iron-nickel production company in the European Union”, said the MPs of the official opposition who also accused the government that “after two years it completely discredited factory and mining facilities of the company, making them dangerous even for the physical integrity of the employees and after cutting salaries, gifts and allowances, now proceeds to the mass dismissal of employees who kept the company alive under the adverse conditions created by the Government itself These, in fact, at a time when the stock price of nickel “Russia, which accounts for 12% of world production, is under sanctions.”
“LARCO is the most representative example of Greece that Mr. Mitsotakis envisions: dismissals, devaluation, impoverishment. We declare our support for the struggle of its employees. We denounce the government’s methods and call on the Government to withdraw the unacceptable amendment “LARCO employees”, said the SYRIZA MPs.
KKE
In a statement, KKE General Secretary Dimitris Koutsoumbas called on the government to withdraw the amendment. “The crime in LARCO will not pass! The government of ND should now take back the shameful amendment it submitted, which throws LARCO employees on the street in order to stop its operation by August at the latest,” the secretary general said. He added: “The government amendment is the next act of a criminal plan that bears the stamp of all governments and the EU, with the aim of discrediting, abandoning, slandering and over-indebted a company of strategic importance, such as LARCO. This operation was and remains a real gold mine, proof that the mineral wealth that our country has, in the context of another social and economic organization, could be exploited for the benefit of its people. to modernize, but also to ensure the work and the rights of its employees, as proposed by the KKE. “For years they have been waging a great heroic struggle, they are not alone, because their struggle, which has the support and solidarity of all workers, is fair!”
DAY25
“Mitsotakis SA fires LARCO employees”, complained MERA25 in an announcement, noting that with article 6 of amendment 1331/196 submitted last Friday, “Mitsotakis SA fires all LARCO employees, proceeding with the sale plan of the company in its final stage “.
Article 6 includes four (4) paragraphs, mentions MERA25 and explains:
“With the first, the special manager of the company is given the opportunity to terminate all dependent employment contracts, ie to dismiss all employees.
-Par.2 provides for the possibility for the special administrator to conclude monthly and bi-monthly employment contracts for the continuation of the company’s operation and maintenance of its assets! In other words, those fired with contracts of one and two months will be hired to maintain LARCO’s assets, until the individual grabs it!
The third paragraph stipulates that the expenditure on redundancies, compensations, etc., will be subsidized by the State Budget, through the Ministry of Environment. When it comes to destruction, to sell out, there are funds. When it comes to creation, for the inclusion of LARCO in a “green plan” of development and productive reconstruction, as MEPA25 has been calling since 2020, they do not exist.
– Finally, with par.4 they try to gild the pill to the dismissed who are close to retirement, over 55, talking about special action / employment programs in the local authorities, which, however, will all be defined by decisions of the minister… “.
“The dismissals had been announced in February by the most official parties, Staikouras – Skrekas – Hatzidakis. The dismissals also mean the eviction of the workers’ families. Mitsotakis SA was obviously waiting for the right time to proceed with the dismissals of employees. submit this immune product Friday afternoon, with the coming Monday holiday and voting on Tuesday.The article does not mention LARCO, but definitively talks about the company that has been subjected to special management under Law 4664/2020. Covered and fast-track the legislation of Mitsotakis SA, the mafia would be jealous and possibly… In the face of the sell-off, the dismissals and the outburst, MERA25 proposes the Rupture with the Oligarchy that moves the threads of the capitulated political staff. Solidarity and Struggle on the side ! “, MERA25 also reports.
The same amendment also provides for the granting of financial assistance, in the form of a direct grant, in the amount of up to nine million two hundred and twenty-four thousand (9,224,000) euros, to the company “Ellinair SA”, for the restoration of the directly related to the coronavirus pandemic. COVID-19 damage suffered. This expenditure is borne by the budget of the Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure.
Preschool education services
The introduction of financial support programs for families, amounting to 300 million euros per year, for the access of infants and toddlers to pre-school education and care services, provides for another amendment of the Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs, submitted to the bill of the Ministry of Finance to reform the Finance Fund. Stability. These programs also cover the access of children, adolescents and the disabled to creative employment services, which will be provided by municipal, private and public bodies, outside of school hours. The same amendment amends – completes arrangements for the program of subsidized jobs for young people from eighteen (18) to twenty-nine (29) years without previous service, with the name “First Badge”, under the specially provided conditions, for the first six (6) months from their recruitment.
Specifically:
a. The amount of the awarded grant will now amount to three thousand six hundred (3,600) euros for a period of six (6) months [από χίλια διακόσια (1.200) ευρώ που ίσχυε)] for each job and will be paid as follows:
– amount of one thousand eight hundred (1,800) euros [από εξακόσια (600) ευρώ που ίσχυε] will be paid directly to the new recruit,
– amount of one thousand eight hundred (1,800) euros [από εξακόσια (600) ευρώ που ίσχυε] will be paid directly to the employer of the newly hired young person, to cover part of the salary expense.
b. It is envisaged that this Program, as amended by the provisions under vote, will last until 31.12.2022 and until the budgeted amount is exhausted.
Source: Capital
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