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Thursday's 24-hour strike launched by almost all professional groups, workers, public sector employees and mass transport services leaves Greece paralyzed for the day, while dozens of thousands of people took it to the streets in protest. The Greek government's proposal...

Greece's largest private and public sector unions GSEE and ADEDY will hold a strike on February 4 to protest against the government's planned pension reforms. Public transport is also disrupted on Tuesday, February 2, as there are no services on...

Greek labor unions are preparing for a 24-hour nationwide strike, set to take place on Thursday, February 4, reported Reuters. The unions will protest against the pension reform that the leftist Greek government plans to make, following the instructions of...

A series of strikes and protest rallies by workers, farmers and professionals against upcoming pension and tax reforms has started on Wednesday in Greece with farmers symbolically occupying the headquarters of the Farmers Social Security Organization (OGA). Lawyers and bailiffs...

Greek workers and professionals are on a 24-hour general strike today, Thursday, protesting the harsh austerity reforms that are about to be voted on in parliament. The General Confederation of Greek Workers (GSEE) and the Public Sector Employees Association (ADEDY)...

Public transportation will be disrupted on Thursday, December 3rd, due to the public transportation employees of the Athens metro, tram, bus, trolley and electric railway (ISAP) services and suburban railway employees joining together in a 24-hour strike called by Greece’s...

The city of Athens is bracing itself for a busy week. On Tuesday, protesters will take to the streets of the Greek capital over the ongoing refugee crisis, in the aftermath of Sunday's summit. Thursday will be especially busy, as the General...

The greater Athens area will be without metro transportation, its suburban rail line and regular train routes on Thursday (Nov. 12) as unions representing the respective workforces in the mass transportation sector have declared a 24-hour strike. The industrial...

The General Confederation of Greek Workers (GSEE) decided a general strike for November 12. This is the first strike against the new recessionary measures the leftist government is imposing. The security fund reforms that will bring major pension cuts and...

The European Economic and Social Committee (EESC) on Thursday elected new president, Greece's trade unionist George Dassis. The EESC, which acts as a bridge between the European Union and civil society, elected with an overwhelming majority their new president, who...