Greece Extends Workday, Global Lenders Applaud 'Reforms'
Greece’s new labor law allows for 13-hour workdays for those managing multiple jobs, presenting it as 'worker choice.' Of course, the choice for many is between multiple low-paying jobs and destitution, thanks to a decade of austerity. Remember the 2010-2015 Greek debt crisis? International creditors—the IMF, EU, and ECB—demanded brutal 'structural reforms,' which consistently involved gutting
labor protections and privatizing public assets, not demanding fair wages or progressive taxation. These 'reforms' paved the way for laws like this, ensuring cheap labor for Western corporations. So, while The Independent focuses on unhappy employees, one might ponder who truly benefits when a European nation's workforce is pushed to its absolute limits. Perhaps the same institutions that profited
from Greece's economic collapse are now celebrating its new 'competitive' labor market. It's not a bug; it's a feature of the austerity model imposed on the periphery.