Greece

Labor Day rallies took place across Greece, organised by trade unions and demanding better wages, work and life conditions.

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...

Thousands of people, including members of trade unions, political parties and workers, marched in Athens and many other major Greek cities on Wednesday to commemorate Labor Day, The day devoted to workers is celebrated across Europe and other parts...

A 24-hour strike by Greek seamen to mark May 1 will paralyse shipping across the country on Tuesday. The Panhellenic Seamen's Federation (PNO) said it had called the action as part of International Labor Day celebrations as well as an...

There will be no trains running on the Labor Day holiday on May 1, including on the Proastiakos suburban railway line, following a decision by the Greek railway workers' union to participate in a 24-hour general strike called by...

Minor rioting incidents involving Molotov cocktails occurred in central Athens, Greece, after the Labor Day rally ended. Anti-authoritarians threw Molotov cocktails in Propylaea and police responded by throwing stun grenades. Then, the group moved to Exarchia, where they turned over...

Downtown Athens is closed as of this morning, Friday, for strike rallies to commemorate Labour Day (May 1). Participants of a rally by the umbrella labor unions of Greece, GSEE of the private sector and ADEDY of the public sector,...

Cyprus celebrated Labor Day in the new era of the Memorandum, under conditions that will change citizens' daily lives and will turn established rights and claims into a distant memory. Society, with melancholy watches a future that is lost...

The Development, Competitiveness, Infrastructure, Transport and Networks Ministry took the decision to transfer Labor Day holiday on May 1, which this year falls during the Holy Week, to Tuesday May 7, after the Orthodox Easter.7. The day has been moved...

The Panhellenic Seamen's Federation PNO announced on Tuesday that a four-hour work stoppage will take place on the Labor Day holiday, May 1, for all types of ships, between the hours of 8am and noon. It said the work stoppage...

Greece's largest trade union federations held a strike rally at Klafthmonos Square in central Athens on Tuesday to mark the May Day celebration with "Democracy, Justice, Equality, Freedom, Peace, Labor Rights" as their slogan. The rally was organised by the...

New Greek Labor Minister Efi Achtsioglou is meeting on Tuesday with representatives of Greece's international creditors to discuss labor reforms as part of the second bailout review. There has been a great deal of attention cast on the new...

Greece’s public spending, labor issues, social welfare and the strategy for development will be among the issues that will be discussed in the next round of meetings between government ministers and the institutions’ mission chiefs in Athens on Wednesday. The...

Greek labor unions ADEDY and PAME have called mobilizations on Thursday against the government's agreement with creditors that will be brought for voting in parliament. The PAME rally will be held at 7:30 pm in Omonoia Square and ADEDY's rally at 8:00 pm...

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...