Promoting ‘Labour Well-Being in a Classless Society’: An Initial Examination of the Unfulfilled Prophecy

Vassilis Ioakimidis and Georgios Bithymitris

Chapter 15 in Promoting Workplace Well-Being, 2009, pp 203-221 from Palgrave Macmillan

Abstract: Abstract The European Union employment strategy, as it was defined by the Lisbon Agenda, has brought the issue of ‘better jobs’ and ‘workers’ well-being’ to the centre of discussion in Greece (as in most of the member states). However, such a debate was not in conflict with the Organization’s fundamental commitment to the advancement of regional capitalist economies. Thus the recent vague debate on ‘better jobs and working conditions’ was combined, in a rather contradictory way, with the grim reality of labour deregulation. The indistinguishable word ‘flexicurity’ dominated the Greek government’s rhetoric, in line with the Commission’s objective to: ‘promote flexibility combined with employment security and reduce labour market segmentation, having due regard to the role of the social partners’ (EC, 2005, p. 2).

Keywords: Service Worker; Social Partner; European Social Survey; Senior Official; Tertiary Sector (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2009
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DOI: 10.1057/9780230274099_15

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