A 24-hour general strike will paralyze Greece on 28. February 2025, on the second anniversary of the Tempi train tragedy and hundreds of rallies will take place throughout the country and abroad to commemorate the 57 victims of the train collision and demand Justice, exactly two years after the disaster.
Over 300 rallies in Greece and abroad are scheduled to take place under the slogan “I Have No Oxygen” in a huge mobilization never seen before in the last years.
Ferries and ships will be docked at the Greek ports, trains will stay in depots and airplanes will be grounded as the unions umbrellas of private and public sector GSEE and ADEDY lead the strikes.
On 24-hour strike from 00:01 to 24:00 Friday, Feb 28, 2025
- Seamen (Ferries & Ships)
- Rail workers (trains & Proastiakos)
- Air Traffic Controllers (airplanes)
- Public services
- Ambulance Service workers (EKAV)
- Labor Centers
- Lawyers
- Retail shops
Pharmacists on work stoppage 11 a.m. – 2p.m.
The Panehellenic Taxi Union has declared a 3-hour work stoppage from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.
It is the first time I see such a mobilization as even some night clubs and live music halls and several artists have announced to be closed on Friday night to express solidarity with the victims’ families.
Food stores will probably not participate in the strike, however, I saw on social media the announcement by a bakery that will be closed 24h in solidarity with the Tempi victims’ families.
Transport in Athens
Workers at Metro, Tram and Urban Train ISAP in Athens have declared that they will operate on limited schedule to facilitate citizens to join the rallies.
Metro and Tram will operate from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Note: ISAP is Metro Line 1.
Buses and Trolley buses on 24-hour strike
Taxi drivers in Athens and Attica will join the action as well and have posted on social media that they will facilitate demonstrators to join the big rally at Syntagma Square with “volunteers drivers” and “free of charge” because they “felt the need to show solidarity.”
The majority of Greek society is convinced that the government has attempted to cover-up responsibilities for the deaths of mostly young people in Tempi as two years after the tragedy no public official has been taken to justice.
Ahead of the rally on February 28, the conservative government is under immense pressure and has several ministers scaring citizens implying that “riots” or other “incidents” will take place on Friday and warning of upcoming political instability.
Needless to say that such statement anger the people more and more.
