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Thousands of demonstrators joined a strike protest in central Athens on Thursday against the new labor bill

Greece is bracing for a 24-hour general strike on Thursday called by country's trade unions, in protest of the government's labor bill.

Trade unions in Greece have called for a strike to protest a new labor bill which, they say, will jeopardize the eight-hour workday.

Despite the cloudy and rainy weather, thousands of people marched in central Athens on Tuesday morning, participating in the 24-hour general strike declared by the country's largest labor unions. Athens buses, trams, and the Metro line 1 (from Piraeus to...

Greece’s largest public-sector union organization (ADEDY), which represents employees working for the country's public sector, has called for a 24-hour nationwide strike on Thursday, January 17. ADEDY demands the revocation of the new system for teachers' appointments, contained in a...

The largest union representing public sector employees in Greece has called for a 24-hour strike on Wednesday. ADEDY, which represents about half a million public sector workers, is demanding wage and pension increases. It wants the left-led Syriza government to retract...

ADEDY, Greece’s largest public sector union will stage a 24-hour walkout on November 14 to demand wage and pension increases, hirings and tax cuts. “Now that we’ve become a normal country with a normal government which is no longer supervised...

The public sector employees' union ADEDY is again boycotting the evaluation of staff working for the state, urging them to go on strike. In order to avoid last year's failed attempt to evaluate public sector and municipality employees, the Ministry...

Greece's largest trade union federations held a strike rally at Klafthmonos Square in central Athens on Tuesday to mark the May Day celebration with "Democracy, Justice, Equality, Freedom, Peace, Labor Rights" as their slogan. The rally was organised by the...

Some 20,000 people demonstrated in Greece on Thursday as a general strike against new budget cuts and labour reform paralysed the civil service and disrupted transports. Around 16,000, mainly Communist party-affiliated, demonstrators marched in Athens while another 4,500 protested in...