No Agreement Between Gov't and Ex-ERT Workers

Negotiations held between Deputy Culture Minister Pantelis Kapsis and ERT unionists and employer representatives proved inconclusive on Thursday. Reports claim that the talks aimed at resolving the current standoff over the public broadcaster’s future, but according to the union representing ERT workers, POSPERT, the government’s proposals regarding a new broadcaster were too vague for the labor group to give any commitment at this stage.

The union left it to be understood that the government’s plans to set up a temporary service for the next two months, until a new broadcaster is up and running by October at the latest, could possibly run into legal problems. But then again this is just a speculation. Facts are facts, and from what we learn here at HellasFrappe the government has the upper hand in this case.

Ahead of the talks and while speaking on the To Vima radio station on Thursday, Kapsis said that the time is running out because of "the well-known trade unionist and political inflexibility." He also said that a draft law was currently being promoted in Parliament related to the staff's layoff compensation that would be calculated on the basis of the unified wage scale.