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Business
Athens Ledra Hotel Shutting Down, Staff Unpaid and Guests Turned Away
The Greek capital's Athens Ledra Hotel is shutting down as new arrivals are being turned away and guests already in the hotel are being relocated to other units in a rush to empty the hotel by Wednesday. Workers say...
Greece
Dockworkers Decide to Proceed with Ongoing 48-hour Strikes
The Dockworkers' Union has decided to continue their ongoing 48-hour strikes that they have decided since last Thursday and are calling all dockworkers to participate in the demonstration on May 31st at 10 a.m. in Kafthmonos Square.
As the dock workers...
Economy
Piraeus Port Workers Prepare for Continuous Strike Over Privatization
Piraeus Port workers' unionists are preparing for a continuous strike in protest of the port's privatization and the new labor law that allows mass layoffs.
The unionists have decided to start repeated 48-hour strikes on Monday. Docks II and III...
Greece
Ongoing Lawyers' Strike Leaves About 300,000 Legal Cases Pending
The ongoing anti-austerity strike by the country’s lawyers, which is in its fifth month and opposes the latest measures in the security fund and pension plan, has caused great confusion in Greek courts as about 300,000 legal cases are...
Greece
New Public Transport Strike Over the Weekend
Employees in public transportation will strike over the weekend in protest to the omnibus bill tabled by the government that includes the prior actions required by Greece’s lenders to close the program review.
Metro employees announced they will hold a...
Greece
Journalists' Strike All Too Convenient for Greek Govt
This weekend will be too crucial for Greece as the SYRIZA-ANEL coalition is ready to pass austerity measures in parliament that would finish off what little is left of the Greek economy. The bills on pensions and taxation will hurt...
Greece
Greek Labor Unions Announce 48-Hour General Strike Against Planned Pension and Tax Reforms
GSEE and ADEDY labor unions have announced that they will proceed with a 48-hour strike on Friday and Saturday, responding to the voting of the pension and tax reforms over the weekend.
"The government and creditors' new anti-labor and anti-popular austerity measures...
Economy
Farmers to Descend to Athens in Protest of Security Reform Bill
"Withdraw the bill if you want to visit your villages," said the farmers to the government, who are threatening with a new "round" of actions and protests regarding the security fund reform bill that is expected to be deposed...
Greece
Lawyers' Strike to be Extended Until May 7
The Bar Association of Greece (DSA) has decided to extend their abstention from duty until May 7, when the plenary session of the directors of the Bar Αssociations around Greece will meet again.
The Plenary Session estimates that the new bill,...
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...