strikes

One of the largest labor unions in Greece, ADEDY, will go on strike on August 28 and organize a rally in the center of Athens, protesting against the layoffs in the public sector, while it will next decide on...

Despite the breaking of a Metro strike that quelled unrest for a time, the Greek government is bracing for a 24-hour strike of transport and health care workers on Jan. 31 to protest government plans to reform the sectors. The...

Greek power workers Friday announced plans to begin rolling 48-hour strikes as early as next week to protest the new austerity measures the government is demanding from its increasingly restive population. In the past such strikes have led to rotating...

Angry they are included in a group of professionals whose so-called "special salaries," will be cut, Greek judges said they will strike from Sept. 17-22, slowing down a court system already clogged with delays up to 10 years. After a...

Adedy, one of Greece's major trade unions gathering employees in the state sector is organizing further protests against the austerity measures adopted by Giorgios Papandreou's government. The protests are due to take place in the first ten days of November....

by: Katerina Palamiotis A day after the approval of new even harder cutbacks by the Greek Government of socialists, a new wave of strikes planned by the labour unions is about to begin next week. A few hours ago, the secretary-general...

State schools closed, hospitals running only on emergency staff, trash piling up, trains halted, metro and cabbies on strike, tax offices closed, customs officers walking out of their jobs, airlines grounded[...]

ATHENS - Growing rage – and fear – over the loss of jobs, pay cuts and tax hikes led transportation workers to continue their strike in Greece on Sept. 27, making downtown Athens a sea of stopped vehicles clogging...