Artists are “even more energetically pursuing the 48-hour strike” they have announced for Wednesday 1 and Thursday 2 February as the law announced by the Prime Minister and presented to Parliament yesterday “not only does not address the problems created by PD 85/2022 , but also nullifies the rest of the rights of the artists, ”their announcements say.

According to the Panhellenic Federation of the Performing Arts, “artist remuneration in the wider public sector and in private law entities will now be determined not by collective bargaining agreements but by the respective government”, while regulation “does not abolish P.D. and graduates of art schools of dramaturgy, conservatories, cinematography and dance lead to the classification of D.E. while art school diplomas are still considered equivalent to high school diplomas, and graduates are now permanently downgraded,” adds the dance workers union.

The amendment “repeals the classification of the Uniform Payroll into the known categories HR, DE, TE and PE. Any increases that were provided for leading and principal musicians, as well as the musical allowance, remain but will now be calculated on the basis of a new base salary to be decided by the minister. With the announcement of lowering our degrees to level 5 (IEK), we consider it clear that we are talking about a reduction in wages to a level just below TE,” the Panhellenic Musical Association notes in its announcement.