He promised the repeal of the Hatzidakis Act and the restoration of normal work, as well as the protection of workers’ incomes. President of SYRIZA-PS Alexis Tsiprasand called on progressive citizens who want to prevent neo-liberal rampage and the onslaught of anti-popular policies that harm their interests and the public interest to vote for SYRIZA.

Mr. Tsipras expressed optimism that the correlations created by the May 21 vote could be reversed and stressed: “SYRIZA is not a firework, it is not a protest party or an addition. This is the ruling party.” Giving a brief overview, he said that his rise was not caused by any electoral situation, it is due to the fact that he fought and fights for the interests of the workers and popular strata. “We are fighting and will fight for a winning result. We will fight to destroy the relationship that arose on May 21, to win because this is what the public interest dictates, we will fight because the next day it is extremely important to have an opponent who will look Mr. Mitsotakis ND in the eye and resist in the neo-liberal offensive,” he said characteristically.

He noted that he was aware of the difficulties and added: “Today we have another difficult match ahead of us. We will fight, we will fight as we know how to fight. Until the last vote and until the last second before the closing of the ballot box. Because we already know that this struggle is not in the interests of our party. This is for society. For popular layers. For the underprivileged who need strong support against the onslaught of anti-popular politics.”

He addressed progressive citizens: “Any progressive citizen who does not want the SI program to be implemented. What worker doesn’t want a neoliberal policy that devalues ​​wage labor even enshrined in the country’s constitution. Anyone who cannot afford private hospital treatment and a college education for their children, and who needs public health and public education, should know that SYRIZA is the only real force that can be resisted, look into the eyes of the ND that guarantees democracy and democracy. control over the omnipotence of the ND.”

Noting that the world of work has been under attack for the past four years, he added that “in any case, we will fight to have a strong opponent to the extreme neoliberal right, who are willing to plunder social and labor relations the next day without an opponent.” rights. Impose a policy that doesn’t take people into account, only profit.”

Mr Tsipras referred to health issues, saying: “These days we are again seeing, in a tragic way, the consequences of the collapse of the public health system,” and added: “The collapse of public health affects the world of work, people they are unable to pay, citizens, who pay taxes for years and at a critical moment remain on their own. He accused Kyriakos Mitsotakis of a covert agenda, revealed by Spyros Pnevmatikos’ statements, that outsources services to the private sector, private hospitals and generally semi-public health care that will favor those with financial means and even scorn the right to life.

He also touched on the issues of accuracy and taxation and linked them to government propaganda, which he compared to the methods of Trump, the methods of Republicans in America. He characteristically said: “They make black white, they present the biggest lie as the biggest truth with the media that supports them. They continue unimaginable propaganda that lowering indirect taxes benefits the rich. They say they did not impose taxes when they collected another 6 billion euros in indirect taxes. The ratio of indirect direct taxes is 60-40, which occurs only in less developed countries. This ratio should have fiscal space for targeted subsidies that end up in the pockets of cartels, energy, refinery supply chains.”

Mr. Tsipras defended his four-year government and stressed that even under the memo’s difficult circumstances, his government fought for labor rights “by raising the minimum wage, abolishing the sub-minimum wage, restructuring and effectively functioning SEPE with innovative legislation.” for workers invisible until yesterday with the daily defense of the 8-hour day and collective agreements. On the contrary, he added that “it is certainly not a coincidence that this is where the ND’s systematic attempts to eradicate the welfare state through Mr. Hatsidakis’ anti-labor law began. A law that, apart from any specific provisions, focused on a strategic choice: to turn work from a right into a privilege, to make the relationship between an employer and an employee an individual matter, to undermine the foundations of human dignity – 8 hour work. Mr. Tsipras emphasized that “it is a shame that industrial accidents and accidents are recorded every day. In 2023, 57 deaths, the latest of which was the death of a worker in the zone in Perama. This is what the discrediting of trade unions leads to, the encouragement of the arbitrariness of employers, the dismantling of control mechanisms. “We don’t play with human lives,” his brave wife said in a shocking message: “Mercy. Will come!

Mr. Tsipras emphasized the role of the workers and their representatives, making special mention of the Tempe accident: “No one and no one can forget the figure of Mr. Karamanlis, who in Parliament, with the habitual arrogant style of the new Correct, discredited the warnings of the workers and their unions about the situation on Greek railways. In the midst of this national catastrophe, it was the voice of the workers and their trade unions that from the first moment broke the government’s attempt to cover up and disorientate. Greek society must say a big thank you to the trade unionists who do not hesitate to resist the mechanisms of lies and continue to fight so that nothing is forgotten, for safe and public transport in the service of our people.”

He concluded by summarizing and reassuring the workers: “On June 25, we put an end to their plans. We reverse the correlation. We declare that regardless of the election results, SYRIZA-PS puts labor rights first: equality, dignity and prosperity. So there won’t be another day of terror. For higher wages and stable working relationships. For strong alliances on the side of society. To work with rights. For the right to work. For a decent life. For a just society for all.”

Source: RES-IPE