October 8, 2024
FEATURED, Society, Strikes
Passengers trains in Greece will not operate on Thursday, 10. October 2024, due to a 24-hour strike announced by the Hellenic Train workers’ union and thus the driving personnel. UPDATE: A court in Athens declared the 24h strike by Hellenic Train drivers as “illegal”. So, there will be no strike, …
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September 17, 2024
FEATURED, Society, Very Mix
A fire at the Motor Oil facilities in Agioi Theodoroi, western Attica, on Tuesday afternoon had filled the area with black smoke and forced the evacuation of residents in the area. Vehicles and train traffic in the area has been suspended. Πυρκαγιά στη Motor Oil στους Αγίους Θεοδώρους – Μήνυμα …
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February 21, 2024
FEATURED, Social, Society
Greece’s main helpline for women who are victims of violence is at risk of being suspended due to bureaucratic obstacles, under-funding and indifference on the part of the government and the ministries in charge. Its operators staged a five-hour stoppage on Wednesday over the issue. Speaking to new website tvxs.gr, …
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November 2, 2023
Economy, FEATURED
9 out of 10 workers in Greece have reduced consumption of essential goods, a recent survey conducted on behalf of the private sector union umbrella General Confederation of Greek Workers (GSEE) and the Labor Institute. One out of two respondent also said that they do not get paid for overtime …
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October 12, 2023
FEATURED, Society, Very Mix
Police has arrested two stretcher-bearers at the public hospital on the island of Lesvos who took bribes from the owner of a funeral parlor to inform him which patients were in critical condition and likely to die. The arrests on Tuesday followed a complaint filed at the local police station. …
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August 7, 2023
Economy
A new ministerial decision bring additional measures to protect workers at the sector of delivery services. The new measures include obligations on both sides, from proper maintenance and insurance of motorbikes to proper equipment provided by employees including helmets and full-length waterproof jackets. These are “protection rules that will save …
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July 24, 2023
CORONAVIRUS, FEATURED
Greece abolishes the mandatory use of masks against Covid-19 by personnel in hospitals and health structures. There are exceptions, though, for personnel dealing with high risk groups of patients. The Health Ministry decision published on the official gazette on Monday, July 23, 2023. A new lifting of measures against the …
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July 24, 2023
Economy
An allowance of 534 euros per month for up to three months will be provided for employees of businesses that were forced to close due to the fires, Labor Minister Adonis Georgiadis said on Monday. “We have already submitted an amendment to the finance ministry bill, according to which businesses, …
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June 12, 2023
FEATURED, Society, Strikes
Workers at trolley buses in Athens will hold a work stoppage on Thursday, June 15, 2023. Τhe work stoppage will take place from noon Thursday and will last until 04:00 p.m. The work stoppage aims to facilitate employees at trollry buses to attend the general assembly of their union at …
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April 18, 2023
Economy
Farmers in northern Greece are desperately seeking help abroad to get their fruit and other crops picked, as local youth disdain farm work and the once-reliable Albanian farmhands now prefer to chase jobs in northern European Union countries. Farm unionists in the regional units of Imathia and Pella, where peach …
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March 6, 2023
FEATURED, Society, Strikes
Greece’s railway unions announced one more 24-hour strike on Monday, March 6, 2023. The strike affects all train services carried out by Hellenic Train, said the company, including all Athens suburban railway services Proastiakos. The Panhellenic Railway Federation plans meetings with the Transport Ministry and political parties. “It’s time for …
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February 7, 2023
Economy, FEATURED
More than 100,000 jobs in hospitality sector are expected to remain vacant in the tourism industry in 2023, the President of the Panhellenic Hoteliers’ Association (POX) Grigoris Tassios has estimated, causing a headache again this year due to the lack of hands in the country’s heavy industry. At the same …
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February 1, 2023
Arts, Culture
Actors and theater workers have called a 48-hour strike on Wednesday and Thursday in protest at a draft government bill on pay in the sector. Strikers extend their mobilization to daily TV series sets where cameras will be off for the same two days. The strike is been joined also …
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October 31, 2022
Social, Society
Ambulance workers warn that they face a major worker shortage that is slowing emergency response times across the country. Currently, 45 ambulances are used during daytime and 28 ambulances at night in Attica, according to the National Center for Emergency Care (EKAV). International standards recommend provision of one ambulance for …
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October 10, 2022
Society, Strikes
Workers on Athens trolley buses have announced a four-hour work stoppage on Wednesday, October 12, 2022. The work stoppage will take place between 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. According to an announcement by the ILPAP Employees Union, the work stoppage aims to demand the immediate signature of a collective bargain …
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September 29, 2022
CORONAVIRUS, FEATURED
Unvaccinated workers of the public and private sectors in Greece will be obliged to have one rapid test of Covid-19 once a week, the Health Ministry has ruled. The rapid test for the uvaccinated workers remains mandatory until the end of the year, December 31, 2022. The rapid test costs …
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June 15, 2022
Social, Society
The platform for submitting applications for the “social tourism program,” which concerns 300,000 beneficiaries, opens on Wednesday, June 15, at 13:00 and will “run” for the period from 1 August 2022 to 31 July 2023. Its budget is 35 million euros, an amount increased by 5 million euros compared to …
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April 1, 2022
Economy, FEATURED
The majority of workers in Greece has cut on basic food products and heating, while 3 in 10 declare insecurity to maintain their job, a survey conducted by Alco on behalf of the General confederation of Greek Labor (GSEE) and the Labor Institute has found. Solution to the current economic …
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March 21, 2022
Very Mix
A powerful explosion in a factory producing explosives in Grevena, northern Greece, completely destroyed the facility, while three workers are being missing. A guard survived injured and was transferred to hospital in state of shock. The explosion occurred short after 8:30 Monday morning in the village Itea and was heard …
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January 12, 2022
Uncategorized
Two workers were injured, when the false ceiling in the kitchen of Greece’s biggest hospital Evangelismos in Athens collapsed on Wednesday afternoon. One of the workers had to be treated in the hospital due to injuries suffered in the head and the neck. the other worker suffered some minor injuries …
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