Trolley bus employees have announced a work stoppage from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Wednesday.
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The Athens Urban Rail Transport STASY workers’ union announced the immediate resumption of Metro, Tram and Electric transport services on Thursday.
Greek public sector workers including teachers, doctors and transport staff walked off the job on Thursday to protest against labor law changes the conservative government plans, months after it was re-elected.
Trolley bus workers in the Greek capital are joining Thursday’s strike in a decision that will compound commuters’ woes, which are already going to be considerable as a result of protest marches being planned in downtown Athens.
A strike and rally called for Thursday by the Athens Labor Unions Organization (EKA) to protest recent government policy announcements gathered steam on Tuesday, as civil servants, air traffic controllers and bus drivers joined the action.
The union representing guards at archaeological sites has decided to launch a series of work stoppages during the peak hours of the heatwave affecting the country, which will likely mean that archaeological sides will close early on the days in question.
Civil servants will be walking off the job for a few hours across Greece on Wednesday morning in demand of higher salaries, their umbrella union, ADEDY, said on Monday.
The five staff unions of the Culture Ministry said on Tuesday they intend to continue their labor action against a law altering the operation of Greece’s five major state-run museums and announced a work stoppage for Wednesday.
Doctors will walk off the job next Wednesday, June 14 from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., and a meeting at the Ministry of Health has been called by board of directors of the Athens-Piraeus Hospital Doctors Association (EINAP) at 1 p.m. on the day.
Workers at the Perama Ship Repair Zone, situated northwest of the Piraeus port, have initiated a fresh 24-hour strike on Wednesday in response to a fatal accident that took place on Tuesday.
Workers at the Perama shipyard repair zone called a 24-hour strike and rally at the main gate of Perama on Tuesday following the deadly accident that killed a 47-year-old crane vehicle operator and seriously injured two other workers.
Due to the May 1 union rallies, large parts of central Athens city center will be closed to traffic Monday and public transport services will be limited.
Buses and trolleys in Athens will take part in the mobilizations marking Labor Day on Monday with work stoppages at the start and end of the day’s shifts.
A 24hr strike that will keep all ships docked nationwide on Monday, May 1, was announced by the Panhellenic Seamen’s Federation (PNO) on Monday.
Bus and trolleybus workers will stage a new work stoppage on Tuesday, in continuation of their demand for safe and quality public transport. The work stoppage will last from the start of the shift until 8.30 a.m. and from 10 p.m. until the end of the shift.
There is no end in sight to the hassle of Athens commuters, as bus and trolley bus drivers in the Greek capital will be walking off the job for a fifth straight day on Friday.
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