Greece
Economy
GSEE Survey: Part-time Employment Up, Wages Down
Part-time workers and the hard-core unemployed have almost tripled during Greece's debt crisis despite a recent drop in the jobless rate, according to the largest labour union GSEE.
Hundreds of thousands of people have lost their jobs in Greece since...
Greece
Private Sector Union GSEE Rejects Greek Creditors’ Changes on Labor Laws
The head of the country’s private sector union, GSEE, said on Tuesday he is rejecting the demands made by Greece’s creditors on changes in labor laws, following a meeting at the Labor Ministry on the issue.
When asked whether the...
Greece
GSEE Announces 48-hour General Strike
Private sector union GSEE announced on Tuesday it will hold a 48-hour general strike when the government tables the social security reform bill in parliament, to protest the “unfair and ineffective” measures included.
“GSEE has already decided to hold a...
Economy
ADEDY Will Join GSEE’s March Protest on March 9
The General Confederation of Greek Workers (GSEE) has scheduled a protest march for March 9 against the government’s plan for the reform of the pension system.
Today, the executive committee of The Civil Servants’ Confederation (ADEDY) announced that Greece’s largest...
Business
GSEE Union Says Workers Pay For Crisis
In its monthly report on employment, wages, and taxes, GSEE, the General Union of Workers in Greece, claimed poverty is rising in unprecedented levels and that the tax system is stealing from the poor to give to the rich....
Economy
Labor Unions GSEE and ADEDY to Join European Day of Action on February 29
With a three-hour long work stoppage from 12:00 noon to 3pm, Greek trade unions GSEE and ADEDY will join the Decentralized European Day of Action on February 29.
At 1:30pm onFebruary 29, members of the two Greek trade unions will...
Greece
Tax, Custom Employees, GSEE, and ADEDY Members to Strike
A 48-hour strike scheduled for the 27th and 28th of September was announced by the federations of tax and customs employees and the Ministry of Finance Employees' Unions, due to the new measures causing a reduced salary scale...
Greece
Starteling GSEE Employment Statistics
GSEE' s prediction that during this winter, Greek unemployment will be up to 20%. This has come as a shock to the whole country. This figure determines that about a million people will be left without jobs. During the first trimester of...
Economy
Greek Inflation Rate Soared to 11.3 percent in May
Much like in many parts of the world, the inflation rate in Greece has soared to its highest rate in nearly thirty years this month.
The Greek inflation rate reached 11.3 percent in May alone, which is up from 10.2...
Greece
Greek Workers Commemorate Labor Day with Rallies
Labor Day rallies took place across Greece, organised by trade unions and demanding better wages, work and life conditions.
Greece
Transport Disruption in Greece as Unions Strike Over New Labor Bill
Trade unions in Greece have called for a strike to protest a new labor bill which, they say, will jeopardize the eight-hour workday.
Greece
Greek Workers Strike to Commemorate May Day
Greece is for the most part silent today as the nation commemorates May Day several days late, after the Easter holiday.
Greece
Greek Trade Unions Defy Coronavirus Scare to Mark Labor Day
Greek trade unionists marked their annual Labor Day with a rally in central Athens on Friday but were careful to keep a safe distance from each other, according to the guidelines instituted to fight the coronavirus epidemic.
Rally organizers gathered...
Economy
Mitsotakis Announces Tax Cuts for 2020 and Absentee Ballot for Expats From Thessaloniki
Greece's Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis announced on Saturday evening that Greek expatriates will obtain the right to vote in Greece's elections using absentee ballots, during the official inauguration of the 84th Thessaloniki International Fair (TIF).
PM Mitsotakis presented what he...
Economy
Greece Remains First in the EU in Unemployment Among University Graduates
Τhe Center for the Development of Educational Policy of the General Confederation of Workers of Greece (KANEP-GSEE) published a study in Thessaloniki recently in which it shows that unemployment among young Greek university graduates remains very high, after nearly...