Withdrawal of the amendment that provided for the inclusion in NAT of the Special Account for Family Allowances of Sailors (ELOEN), proceeded the Minister of Labor, Kostis Hatzidakis, in order, as he clarified, to discuss the issue with the competent representatives of institutions.
The regulation provided for the simplification of the procedures and the improvement of the efficiency of NAT for the provision of family allowances to the Greek sailors. The explanatory memorandum stated that the membership of ELOEN in NAT was deemed expedient and functionally necessary, as the amounts are collected through the registers from NAT and are then returned to ELEN.
At the same time, it was explicitly stated that the existing legal framework regarding the terms and conditions of receiving the family allowance and its beneficiaries, which remain unchanged, would continue to apply.
It is noted that the Panhellenic Maritime Federation had convened for tomorrow an extraordinary meeting of its Executive Committee, regarding the taking of competitive mobilizations, on the occasion of the relevant amendment. The submission of such an amendment which “overnight” abolishes ELOEN which for us seafarers is connected to our existence and our family, without the slightest information, is an unacceptable act and highly anti-sectarian and in no case “It is not accepted by us, when in fact it is taken into account that we sailors ourselves finance ELOEN, with our own contributions, without the state paying even one euro”, said in a statement of the sailors’ union.
The PNO had also added that the abolition of ELOEN is a “casus belli” for sailors, and in case of immediate withdrawal of the relevant amendment the PNO will respond with universal and immediate mobilizations.
Source: Capital
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