UPD Municipality worker, 62, dies of heart attack at work during heat wave
A municipality worker died of what it seems a heart arrest short after her shift as garbage collector had started at midnight Friday. Municipality workers union say that the woman had to work two...
View ArticleMuseums, archaeological sites in Attica closed Thursday morning due to guards...
Archaeological sites in Attica are to be closed from 8 a.m. until 11 a.m. on Thursday, July 6th 2017, because guards will stage a work stoppage. Guards at archaeological sites say the protest is over a...
View ArticleTourism, food industries workers on 24h strike, July 20/2017
The union representing employees in the tourism and food industries has called a 24-hour strike Thursday, July 20th 2017, over what it says is a deterioration of its workers’ rights amid record tourist...
View ArticleArchaeological sites and Museums in Attica closed July 29-30 due to strike
Archaeological sites and most museums in Attica may not open to the public this weekend as the Panhellenic Federation of Culture Ministry Employees has called a 48-hour strike for July 29-30 2017. The...
View ArticleWorkers in Greece’s asylum service launch a 2-day strike
Greek asylum service employees on short-term contracts have launched a two-day strike to protest what they say are months-long delays in their salary payments. Their union says they have not been paid...
View ArticleUPD Strikes and work stoppages in Athens Public Transport Sept 12-15/2017
Workers at Athens Public Transport Means will stage several work stoppages during the week, September 12 – 15, 2017. Strike & Work Stoppage schedule: Tues, Sept 12: Urban train ISPA will operate...
View ArticleMetro workers in Athens to launch a 24h strike on Lines 2 & 3
Metro workers in Athens will launch a 24-hour strike to protest the electronic ticket. The strike will affect the Metro Lines 2 and 3. The strike will start in the early morning Thursday, October 26th...
View ArticleWorkers at Athens Metro Lines 2 & 3 launch work stoppage on Tuesday
Workers at Athens Metro will launch a work stoppage on Tuesday, November 7th 2017. The work stoppage will affect Metro Lines 2 and 3. The work stoppage will start at the beginning of the morning shift...
View ArticleUPD Athens Metro, Proastiakos workers to launch work stoppages and 24h strike
Workers at Athens Metro will launch two work stoppages and a 24-hour strike this and next week. The work stoppage is schedule for Friday, November 10th 2017. It will start at the beginning of the...
View ArticleUPD Athens Metro workers suspend 24h strike Nov 16, work stoppage remains
Update: Athens Metro workers decided to suspend the 24-hour strike scheduled for Thursday, Nov 16/2017. the work stoppage scheduled for Wednesday remains valid. ———————————————— Workers at Athens Metro...
View ArticleWorkers at Athens Metro to launch 24h strike on Tuesday
Workers at Athens Metro will launch a 24-hour strike on Tuesday, November 21st 2017. The strike will affect Metro lines <2> and <3>. The rest of public transport means in Greece’s capital...
View ArticleCommunist unionists clash with police, raid labor Ministry to protest new...
Furious about the new Strike Law, unionists stormed into the building of Labor Ministry in Athens, other protesters tried to overturn police vehicles near the Prime Minister’s office and clashed with...
View ArticleFerries and ships to remain docked as seamen join 24h general strike
Ships and ferries will remain docked on Thursday, December 14th 2017, after the Greek Seamen Federation declared that they will join the 24-hour general strike to be launched by private sector union...
View ArticleFerries and ships to remain docked as Greece’s Seamen launch 24h strike
Ferries and ships across Greece’s ports will remain docked after the Greek Seamen Federation decided to launch a 24-hour strike. The strike will start at 00:01 a.m. Friday, January 12th 2018 and will...
View ArticleChaos ahead as Athens Public Transport Means launch 24h strike on Jan 15
Unions of workers at Athens public transport means have called for a 24-hours strike on Monday, January 15th 2018, to protest the new labor law that restricts the right to strike. The Athens Metro, the...
View ArticleAthens Blue Bus workers on 6h work stoppage due to union general assembly
For six hours workers at Blue buses in Athens will refrain from work. They launch a work stoppage in order to join the general assembly of their union. The work stoppage is scheduled from 11:00 a.m....
View ArticleArchaeological sites, museums in Attica & Crete closed due to 24h strike Mar...
Workers at the Greek Ministry of Culture, including guards at archaeological sites and museums will launch a 24-hour strike on March 2nd 2018 in Attica and on Crete, demanding solution to “chronic...
View ArticleErdogan’s top adviser: “We will strike” in Cyprus EEZ and Greece’s Imia
Erdogan’s top adviser, Yigit Bulut, hit one more time with direct threats against Cyprus and Greece and said Turkey will “strike in the Mediterranean Sea should hydrocarbon drills take place without...
View ArticleWorkers at intercity bus service KTEL to launch a 24h strike on Mar 29
Workers at KTEl, the main intercity public transport bus service in Greece, will launch a 24-hour strike on March 29th 2018, in protest of upcoming mass lay offs. The strike will start at 06:00 am on...
View ArticleFerries, ships to remain docked due to Greece’s sailors 24h strike
The Greek Seamen Federation has announced it will launch a 24-hour strike on Wednesday, April 18th 2018. The strike will affect all types of ships and ferries that will remain docked as of 06:00 a.m....
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