The announcement about raising the monthly minimum wage by 9.4% as of April 1 "is far from the demands of the poorest of workers and does not allow them to cover basic living needs," the General Confederation of Workers of Greece (GSEE) said on Friday.

Greece's umbrella representative of private sector employees was commenting on the prime minister's announcement the same day that minimum wage would rise from 650 euros in 2019, when the current government came to power, to 780 euros as of April 1.

GSEE reiterated its position that the minimum wage should be at 60% of the median salary plus expected inflation, or 826 euros, and it called for a National General Collective Labor Agreement.