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 [...]
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New Wave of Strikes Paralyzes Athens
Private sector union GSEE called for an Athens-wide, 48-hour strike that will start Tuesday, January 17, and end Wednesday, January 18. The broader region of Attica will once again be paralyzed as public transportation employees will walk off their job on these two days, with hospital doctors, lawyers, OME-OTE employees and journalists joining the two-day [...]
Lawyers to Hold 2-Day Strike
A nationwide lawyers’ strike has been announced by Bar Associations of Greece starting from November 3 until November 4. The decision was made during an emergency meeting among members of a committee for local bar associations. This meeting was held on the 22nd of October in Athens and an upcoming meeting is scheduled for the 4th of [...]
Greece Paralyzed on 2nd Day of Strikes: 1 Dead in Athens Demonstration Clashes (video)
As the second day of a general strike paralyzed the country, more than 70,000 peaceful[...]
Two-Day Strike to Paralyze Services
Unions are to scale up their protests and walkouts on Tuesday ahead of a two-day general strike on Wednesday and Thursday, expected to be marked by vehement protests in the runup to a vote on new austerity measures in Parliament. On Tuesday, as daily Kathimerini reports, there will be no service on the national railway [...]
Archaeological Sites Closed Due to Strikes
Pan-Hellenic Federation of Culture Ministry Employees called a 48-hour strike starting Wednesday, the 12th of October until Thursday the 13th. As a result, archaeological sites, museums and Culture and Tourism Ministry services will be closed during these days. The employees are protesting against imposed measures by the Greek Government concerning cuts in salaries and merger [...]
Public Transport On Strike Again
Unions representing employees in state-run mass transports have called a 48-hour strike in Athens. Employees are again going to protest against professional redundancy measures imposed by the Greek Government. More specifically, the OSE trains and the suburban railway will be exempted from the strike, while buses, trolleybuses and the subway will be on strike for [...]
Lawyer Strike Postpones Greek Far-Left Group Trial
The trial for the eight Greek terrorist suspects has been postponed until later this month, as lawyers have announced a 24-hour nationwide strike today. Additionally, the court held inside high security Korydallos prison near Athens cancelled the case to the 24th of October in order to enable the new defendant, a 36-year-old former civil servant [...]
Public Transport On Strike Again
The country is paralyzed under the weight of new strikes of public transport taking place from the 26th to the 28th of September. More specifically, the tram and the suburban railway will be exempted from the strike tomorrow, while buses, trolleybuses and the subway will be on strike for the next two days (Tuesday, Wednesday). [...]
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 for public sector employees. A meeting of the Ministry of Finance Employees’s Unions is scheduled for the [...]
Air Traffic Controllers Strike on September 25
The air traffic controllers will be on strike on September 25 having mostly financial requests. Traffic controllers announced that the strike on Sunday will be from 00:01 to 24:00 and a four-hour strike will take place on Wednesday September 28 from 12:00 to 16:00 pm. The air traffic controllers will remain at their positions after [...]
Labour Union Calls 24-Hour Strike on Oct.6
Greek civil servants on Friday announced plans for a new strike on October 6 against austerity cuts, adding that a final decision will be taken next week after talks with private-sector labour. “A proposal has been tabled for a general strike on October 6,” said Andreas Petropoulos from the Adedy civil servants’ union. “We are [...]
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