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Thousands of unionists flocked to downtown Athens on Monday morning to celebrate the International Labor Day as the government and creditors agree on additional austerity measures. No more austerity is the central slogan of public and private sector unions ADEDY and GSEE. the established unions managed to get together just …

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Workers of the Water Company in Thessaloniki (EYATH) cut the water supply to the offices of governing SYRIZA in order to protest the upcoming privatization. Water company protester cuts water supply to SYRIZA Having launched a protest rally, the workers cut the water supply short before 11 am in a …

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The dramatic shrinkage of the earning due to recession, explosion of unemployment and dominance of flexible forms of employment is being reflected in a document submitted by an experts’ committee to Greek Labor Ministry. The document featured detailed data on wages inequality during the period 2010-2015 and exposes a new …

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One out of three Greece’s labor craft await 3 to 15 months for their salaries. This is one of the main slogans of the campaign for the rights of workers launched by opposition party To Potami. In a statement, the centrist party notes that “more than 1.2million people go daily …

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It must have been an awesome experience: to be a SYRIZA supporter, to have joined the anti-austerity protest and to be teargassed by the same government that you support. This interpretation of the incidents as it appeared in several Greek media is wrong. Police did not fired teargas against the …

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Greek Labour Minister Yiannis Vroutsis announced that employers who do not insure their employees will be fined with 10,550 euro per uninsured worker. Law violators will have to pay a fine of 18 times the amount of the minimum salary for every uninsured worker, according to new measures announced by …

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Athens mayor Giorgos Kaminis came under physical attack late Sunday afternoon, while he was leaving a meeting of the Confederation of Greek Municipalities (KEDE).  The mayor was beaten with fists and he was taken to the hospital where he was treated for minor injuries.  At the time of assault, several municipality unionists had …

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“What are the economy predictions for Greece?” a friend calling me abroad asked me on Monday morning. “We don’t give a hoot about predictions,” I replied. “Real life is far beyond any predictions of IMF, real life is about struggling to come along without money.” Like in cases where one …

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POE-OTA, union of workers at Greek municipalities called for a 48-hour strike on February 13-14, 2013. The strike decision comes as expression of solidarity to workers at social services offered by local governments. POE-OTA demands that municipalities continue to offer social services, that workers received outstanding payments and opposes government and local governments …

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Workers at Athens Metro occupied the Metro depot at Sepolia suburb of north-eastern Athens, causing problems to thousands of passengers on Monday morning using Line 2 Agios Dimitrios-Agios Antonios. The occupation started at 2 o clock in the morning with the effect that a number of metro trains could not leave the depot …

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Clashes between strikers and riot police occurred twice on Monday outside the Halyvourgia steel plant. The incidents started when riot police squads allowed two loaded trucks to enter the steel plant. Strikers and riot police clashed, stones flew, clubs fell on backs and tear-gas was fired to disperse the angry …

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