The government announced an amendment that would liberalise the labour and remuneration framework for lower crew serving on board of Greek-flagged merchant ships, a long-standing demand by the country’s Union of Greek Shipowners (UGS). At present, the current wage scales and other collective bargaining provisions for lower-ranked crew-members, as prescribed in domestic labour law for Greek-flagged vessels, would give way to the lower pay scales which are internationally recognised and applied in collective bargaining agreements.
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