In orbit mobilization enters the industry university studentsasking salary increase. University employees talk about fixing their salaries despite State Council decisions, while putting forward their request as part of announcements for raises in other industries.

In particular, for Today planned meeting her Federation of Universities POSDEP, during which the organization of mobilizations in the near future will be considered. In particular, how This was reported to K by Georgios Litsardakis., professor of AUTN and secretary of POSDEP, “four months have passed since the adoption of the second decree of the Council of Ministers (1911/2022), which declared unconstitutional and the new salary schedule for faculty (law. 4472/2017), because he kept wages at the reduced level of the 2012 cuts (Law 4093/2012), which had already been declared unconstitutional. During this time, there was no clear statement or commitment on the part of the government to fully implement the decisions of the Council of Ministers, that is, to restore salaries at least to the level of July 2012.” Mr. Litsardakis emphasizes that “this is not a mistake, but a mockery of the university staff, which continues throughout the entire time, since they are practically paid the salary of 2004, without receiving increases to other special salaries in 2008-2009” . On 11/3/2022, POSDEP submitted a request to the Ministry of Finance to hold a meeting, which was not answered, and the Ministry of Education reserved its opinion in November, pending the conclusion of the State Legal Council.

POSDEP is demanding higher wages and is mobilizing in the near future.

The sector knows it’s missing as part of the pay raise, while boosts have been given to doctors and NHS military personnel, there’s the government’s recent announcement of a new salary list for civil servants and officials from 2024, and in the context of the pre-election climate, judicial raises are being promised. At the same time, the budget for 2023 does not take into account the difference that must be paid in the salaries of university students in order to comply with the decision of the Council of October 2022. The costs that burden the budgets of universities are not taken into account, because the positive court decisions of those who collectively filed an appeal to administrative courts, based on a pilot trial in the Council of Europe initiated by POSDEP.

“The staff of the university will not tolerate re-postponing to the future the satisfaction of the minimum requirements recognized by the Council of Ministers for a decent salary, as happened in 2018. The new wages should cover the unconstitutional cuts of 2012, redress the injustice by “missing out” in 2009 university students due to increases in other special salaries, in order to compensate for the huge losses of the previous period and to ensure a decent salary according to Greek and European data,” notes Mr. Mr Litsardakis.

POSDEP proposes to the industry an escalation of strikes, the duration of which will increase at regular intervals and until the demand of the industry is satisfied.