A marriage benefit, a triennial increment and two additional monthly salaries per year are among the assurances secured in the newly approved national general labor agreement signed on Wednesday, by the General Confederation of Greek Workers (GSEE) and the country’s employers’ bodies including the Greek Tourism Confederation (SETE).

Greece has paralyzed due to the 24-hour strike announced by GSEE (General Confederation of Labor) and ADEDY (Civil servants union) with the central slogan "You've finished it".

Greece's employer associations and the General Confederation of Employees of Greece (GSEE), the country's largest umbrella trade union organisation representing the private sector, on Thursday signed a new National General Collective Labour Agreement for the year 2017.