Lawmakers in fervent clash over 13-hour workday

[InTime News]

Tensions flared successful Parliament Tuesday arsenic lawmakers clashed implicit the government’s labour betterment bill, which is acceptable for a vote Thursday morning.

Opposition parties demanded the bill’s withdrawal and raised law objections, citing provisions allowing up to 13-hour workdays.

Labor Minister Niki Kerameus rejected the challenges and called for a roll-call vote connected each articles, saying, “All deputies should explicate what they will vote for – from parental permission benefits to wage protections.”

The statement unfolded amid a widening governmental divide, pursuing disputes implicit the nationalist fund and investigations into the OPEKEPE cultivation payments agency.

PASOK person Nikos Androulakis accused the authorities of corruption and said his enactment offered a “progressive alternative.”

Communist Party person Dimitris Koutsoumbas denounced each large parties for serving “the interests of capital,” while nationalist Greek Solution’s Kyriakos Velopoulos declared his enactment “the lone governmental constant.”