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

In: Promoting Workplace Well-Being

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  • Vassilis Ioakimidis
  • Georgios Bithymitris

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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).

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  • Vassilis Ioakimidis & Georgios Bithymitris, 2009. "Promoting ‘Labour Well-Being in a Classless Society’: An Initial Examination of the Unfulfilled Prophecy," Palgrave Macmillan Books, in: Neil Thompson & John Bates (ed.), Promoting Workplace Well-Being, chapter 15, pages 203-221, Palgrave Macmillan.
    • Handle: RePEc:pal:palchp:978-0-230-27409-9_15
    DOI: 10.1057/9780230274099_15
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