Unions in Greece call widespread strikes, seeking a return to bargaining rights axed during bailouts
Strikes called by Greece’s largest labor union halted ferries and public transport services in Athens and elsewhere Wednesday.
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Ships remained docked at Greek ports and train services were halted on Wednesday as transport workers joined a 24-hour strike by private workers to demand higher pay to cope with rising living costs.
Private-sector trade union federation GSEE is holding a 24-hour strike Wednesday, aiming to promote public urban transportation, demanding collective labor agreements and personnel hirings. The strike is expected to impact public transport services across Greece.
Greek journalists are holding a 24-hour strike on Tuesday to protest the employers’ refusal to sign collective labor agreements in privately owned media, low wages and a threat to plurality, their unions said.
Ships and ferries will remain docked on April 17 throughout Greece following a decision by the Panhellenic Seamen’s Federation to join a 24-hour nationwide strike called by private-sector trade union federation GSEE on the same day.
The federation of public sector employees, ADEDY, has announced a nationwide 24-hour strike scheduled for Tuesday, May 21.
Tens of thousands of men, women and youngsters took to the streets in Athens, Thessaloniki and other parts of Greece on Wednesday to mark the anniversary of the country’s deadliest rail disaster.
Thousands of striking Greek workers and students marched through central Athens on Wednesday to mark the anniversary of the country’s deadliest train crash – and demand justice and bigger pay rises.
Rail services in Greece ground to a halt and ships were held up in ports near Athens on Wednesday as rail workers walked off the job to mark the anniversary of the country’s deadliest train crash – and demand justice and bigger pay rises.
Rail services will be halted and ships will remain docked at ports near the capital Athens on Wednesday, as workers walk off the job to mark the anniversary of the country’s deadliest train crash.
Greece’s public sector will grind to a halt on Wednesday as the union representing civil servants, ADEDY, has called a 24-hour strike to demand pay rises and mark the anniversary of the country’s deadliest train crash.
Some 200 striking taxi drivers joined a motorcade across Athens on Tuesday, adding to the already considerable woes faced by commuters by the stoppage.
Taxi drivers across the Greek capital walked off the job on Tuesday for the first of a two-day strike that will coincide with action from other transport unions on Wednesday.
Greece’s largest public sector union, ADEDY, has called a 24-hour nationwide strike on Wednesday, demanding, among other things, pay raises and staff hirings in healthcare and education.
Flights to and from Greek airports will be grounded February 28 when air traffic controllers will walk off the job to join a 24-hour nationwide strike public sector union ADEDY demanding pay rises. Airlines are expected to cancel all the domestic and international flights. The only the flights allowed will be emergency air transport.
Lawyers in Athens announced a walkout on Thursday, when Parliament is set to pass the new Criminal Code and the Code of Criminal Procedure.
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