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 also hold a protest in the offices of the EU Delegation in Athens. At 6pm [...]
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EU Says It’s Not Ready to Help Greece Yet
ATHENS – Despite new austerity measures rammed through the Parliament in the wake of riots that left parts of downtown Athens burning, European Union leaders said they aren’t convinced that Greece is serious about reform and won’t release a second bailout yet of $169 billion to keep the country from going bankrupt. Greece’s coalition government [...]
Unions Call 48-hour General Strike Against New Cuts
Greece’s public and private sector umbrella unions, ADEDY and GSEE, Thursday called a 48-hour general strike to protest new austerity measures demanded by the country’s international creditors in exchange for a fresh EUR130 billion bailout. In a statement, the two unions called the strike for Friday and Saturday–a few days after a previous walkout–and said [...]
Leaders Face Crunch Talks as Unions Strike
Greek leaders face crunch talks on Tuesday to secure a new international bailout and avoid a chaotic debt default, caught between EU demands that they accept painful reforms immediately and a national strike against more austerity. Prime Minister Lucas Papademos negotiated through most of the night with Greece’s European Union and IMF lenders, ending at [...]
Unions Plan 24-Hour Strike Against Austerity
Greece’s two major labor unions plan a 24-hour strike on Tuesday against austerity measures and reforms demanded by international lenders in exchange for a new bailout package, union officials said on Sunday. “We are planning a one-day strike on Tuesday,” Ilias Iliopoulos, secretary general of public sector union ADEDY, told Reuters. “Despite our sacrifices and [...]
Troika’s Next Target: Cut Private Sector Salaries
Even as Greece’s public workers continue to struggle under waves of pay cuts, tax hikes, slashed[...]
Another Greek Strike Draws Yawns, No Violence
ATHENS – After 18 months of protests, riots and strikes, another walk off the job by Greek workers on Dec. 1 shut down many services in the capital and elsewhere in the country, but there was no repeat of the frequent violence which has plagued other marches as weary Greeks seemed resigned to waiting for [...]
Unions Take to the Streets in General Strike
Emergency staff ran hospitals, schools closed and thousands of austerity-weary Greeks[...]
New Government Faces Union Action
The new government this week faces its first labour challenge with unions hitting the street against[...]
General Strike in Greece Set for Dec. 1
The new coalition government led by interim Prime Minister Lucas Papademos is not getting a reprieve from Greek workers, who will take to the streets on Dec. 1 to keep up their protest against austerity [...]
More Austerity Means More Strikes Too
ATHENS – Protests didn’t work. Riots didn’t work. Strikes didn’t work either, but Greek workers say they’ll walk off their jobs again this week anyway, fed up with another round of austerity measures they said have crippled their present and destroyed their future. Although garbage collectors have given up after a three-week strike in which the government didn’t blink and rubbish [...]
Unions to Stretch General Strike to Two Days
Two main unions on Thursday said they would hold a two-day general strike next week against new austerity cuts by the government to address an unraveling debt crisis that has shaken the eurozone. The leading GSEE union that represents private sector employees said the strike would be held on October 19 and 20, revising earlier [...]
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Calendar – Exhibits, Concerts, Fun
- Thessaloniki: 50 Year Anniversary Commemorated of Seferis Literature Nobel Prize May 23, 2012
- ‘Doctors of the World’ International Conference to be Held in Greece May 22, 2012
- Crete is a Mediterranean ‘Treasure’ of Aromatic Plants and Herbs May 22, 2012
- Crete to Export Products to Australia May 21, 2012
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