Journalists and technical staff in Greece’s oldest English speaking newspaper, Athens News, launched a 24-hour strike as they have not been paid for two and a half months. It’s is the second strike of Athens News staff in the last two months. Below the press release uploaded on the newspaper website:
“The staff of the Athens News will be on 24-hour strike on Tuesday, September 4th 2012.Staff took this decision because they are owed wages for half of June, all of July and August, as well as 3/8ths of their holiday pay.In addition, freelance staff at the newspaper were last paid for April.The strike action will mean that the newspaper’s newsroom and classifieds office will be closed and that our website, AthensNews.gr, will not be updated.The strike also affects the Espresso newspaper and Flash FM radio, which belong to the same company, NEP. “
Espresso and Flash FM are in Greek language.
