Athens: One Metro station to close due to protests, April 9/2014
Greek police will close metro station <Syntagma> to public due to protests that will take place in downtown Athens on Wednesday, April 9th 2014. <Syntagma> station will close as of 10 a.m....
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Athens: “Battles” as striking open-air market vendors distribute free veggies...
Chaos prevailed at the open-market of Kolonos district of Athens, when impatient citiznes reportedly demolished the stalls of producers and sellers distributing free vegetables, fruits and fish. 70...
View ArticleLaiki: Open-air market vendors suspend strike, May 7/2014
“Freeeeesh lettuce!”, “Here are the good strawberries!”, “Apples! Apples!”, “Sweet oooooranges!”, “Catch of the day! Fresh fish!” Open-air market vendors will start praise their fruits, vegetables and...
View ArticleGreece’s Public Sector on 24h Strike, July 9/2014
Public sector union ADEDY has declared a 24-hour strike for July 9th 2014. The union want to protest against lay-offs, the measure of “mobility scheme” and the new law on work evaluation and director...
View ArticleGov’t issues “civil mobilization orders” to PPC-strikers”
In a decision published at 11 p.m. Friday, the Athens First Instance Court ruled that the strike of unionists at Public Power Company (PPC/DEH) was “illegal”. Immediately the government moved to issue...
View ArticlePPC- unionists strike is over. Now, really…
Now, really. The unionists of Public Power Company decided to end their strike after an Athens court ruled the strike was “illegal” and the Greek government was about to or it did indeed issued ‘civil...
View ArticleShops open on Sunday? Retail workers on 24h-strike, July 13/2014
I am afraid you will not be able to go shopping next Sunday, July 13th 2014, as retail workers will launch a 24-hour strike. Retail workers will strike in order to protest the opening of shops on 52...
View ArticleAthens Metro, Tram, Urban Train on 24h strikes, Mar 1st & 3rd/2017
Workers at the Athens Metro, the Tram and the Urban train ISAP will launch a 24-hour strike on Tuesday, March 1st 2017 and one on Friday, March 1st and 3rd 2017. Workers oppose the legislation...
View ArticleNo ferries on May 1st 2017 as Greek sailors on 24h strike
All passenger ferries will remain docked across Greece on Monday, May 1, as the Pan-Hellenic Seamen’s Federation (PNO) will go on a 24-hour strike to mark May Day. Among claims, the Greek seamen are...
View ArticleGreece’s shopkeepers launch strike to protest law for opening shops 30...
The Hellenic Confederation of Commerce and Entrepreneurship (ESEE) announced it will launch a strike on Sunday, May 7, to protest legislation that will increase the number of Sundays that retail...
View ArticleGreece seamen union to launch 48h strike May 16-17/2017
The Pan-Hellenic Maritime Federation (PNO) decided to launch a 48-hour strike for all categories of ships on May 16-17 2017. The strike will start at 00:01 Tuesday May 16th and end at 24:00 on...
View ArticleShops owners and workers protest against Sunday opening
Stores remained closed and workers and shopkeepers marched through the streets of Athens protesting the introduction of Sunday opening for shops. The provision to open stores 30 Sundays per year is...
View ArticleGreeks protest new austerity with general strike, Public Transport schedule...
Greeks protest the new austerity package of 4.9billion euros measures with a 24-hour general strike. Public and private sector unions ADEDY and GESEE have called to action that will paralyze Greece on...
View ArticleMunicipality workers strike to disturb garbage collection, May 20-23/2017
Two unions of municipality workers launched two 48-hour strikes to protest changes affecting extension of long-term contracts as well as kindergarten staff. The first strikes is launched May 20 21, the...
View ArticleDelivery boys and Couriers on 24-hour strike May 25/2017
A strike we have never seen before in Greece. Delivery boys, Couriers and other workers on motorbikes launch a 24-hours strike on Thursday, May 25. They demand corporate motorbikes, protection...
View ArticleAthens: No buses and trolley buses for six hours, June 13/2017
Workers at buses and trolley buses in Athens will launch a six-hour work stoppage on Tuesday, June 13 2017. Reason for the work stoppage are the general assemblies of the two workers’ unions. No bus,...
View ArticleTonnes of garbage pile up on Greek streets due to municipality workers strike
Big bags, small bags. Black bags, blue bags and supermarket bags. Closed bags and open bags. They all pile up on the streets of Athens and other cities across the country. Municipality workers have...
View ArticleGreeks fed up with the mountains of stinking garbage threatening public health
A man claimed on TV, he saw rats ‘big like cats’ roaming at night through the mountains of garbage that lay uncollected since one week. “It’s stinking! Awful! Microbes!” another man shouted right in...
View ArticleMunicipality workers to continue garbage strike until June 29, at least
After a two-hour meeting, the broad of the Municipality Workers’ Union POE-OTA announced that it will continue the garbage strike until Thursday, June 29th 2017. And this despite temperatures reaching...
View ArticleMunicipality workers suspend strike, to start collecting garbage asap
Municipality workers union POE-OTA decided to suspend the garbage strike for reasons of “public health” as the heat wave is already in Greece. The union said that garbage trucks may go out tonight or...
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