ADEDY

The big rally that took place on September 18 at Syntagma in Athens, Greece, by the Civil Servants’ Union, ADEDY, where numerous protesters had gathered against the plan to suspend and fire public workers, was converted into an anti-fascist...

In perhaps the strongest testing yet of the country's coalition government, Greece is braced for a week of protests and strikes from a number of sectors angry that the government is going to move workers involuntarily into other jobs...

The Greek Federation of State School Teachers of Secondary Education, (OLME) has already announced five-day rolling strikes starting from Monday, September 16 and the Greek Primary Teacher Federation, DOE, decided to proceed to a three-hour work stoppage and participate...

The Federation of Hospital Doctors of Greece (O.E.N.G.E.) decided a three-day strike which will disrupt the health care services provided by state hospitals around the country from September 17 to 19. In this way, hospital doctors are protesting against the...

Next week will be a week of strike action, as the Public Servant’s Union (ADEDY) is proceeding to escalation of protests with “prolonged, multiform, conflictual, fighting demonstrations against the policy of suspensions and dismissals,” after the decision of the...

On September 6, representatives of the Hellenic Police, the Fire Brigade and Coast Guard hosted a rally in the White Tower of Thessaloniki, the second biggest city in Greece, shouting slogans, to express their opposition to wage and pension cuts. At...

Police in Thessaloniki, Greece's second-largest city, are bracing for protests against austerity measures and the firing of public workers during the International Trade Fair from Sept. 6-7. Authorities said they would deploy 3,500 police and re-arrange traffic patterns and that...

Doctors are expected to go on a four-hour work stoppage on Wednesday, September 4 called by the municipal workers’ union POE-OTA. On September 4 at 11:30 a.m. Greek doctors have scheduled a protest rally which is going to begin outside...

One of the largest labor unions in Greece, ADEDY, will go on strike on August 28 and organize a rally in the center of Athens, protesting against the layoffs in the public sector, while it will next decide on...

ADEDY, the Greek umbrella union representing state workers, on Wednesday announced protest action against layoffs in the public sector that is expected to affect services and traffic circulation in downtown Athens. The union has called a strike from 11 a.m....