Greek Unions

Greece's two main labor unions covering civil servants and the private sector have called a 48-hour strike to protest austerity measures due to be voted on next week. The unions said Wednesday, Oct 31 that the strike on Nov 6-7...

Greece's largest labor unions on Thursday called a general strike for Sept. 26, responding to a major new government austerity package that is expected to worsen hardship in the recession-hit country. The date of the 24-hour strike was decided Thursday,...

Greece's largest labor union has warned that the country's unemployment rate - now at 23.1 percent will reach 29% in 2013 if the government carries out more planned austerity measures that include $14.16 billion in cuts for 2013-14. "The course...

Talks held on Friday between Unions, Employers and the provisional government in Athens failed. The issues brought up in negotiations were collective bargaining, the time of expansion of a collective agreement and wages. Some of the terms of the new...

Greece's largest unions held protests and a work stoppage Wednesday, as the crisis-hit country's coalition government pressed ahead with wage cuts and other austerity measures. The stoppage disrupted services at tax offices and other public agencies, and a protest was...

With a three-hour long work stoppage from 12:00 noon to 3pm, Greek trade unions GSEE and ADEDY will join the Decentralized European Day of Action on February 29. At 1:30pm onFebruary 29, members of the two Greek trade unions will...

Greek leaders face crunch talks on Tuesday to secure a new international bailout and avoid a chaotic debt default, caught between EU demands that they accept painful reforms immediately and a national strike against more austerity. Prime Minister Lucas Papademos...

Greece's two major labor unions plan a 24-hour strike on Tuesday against austerity measures and reforms demanded by international lenders in exchange for a new bailout package, union officials said on Sunday. "We are planning a one-day strike on Tuesday,"...

Private sector union GSEE called for an Athens-wide, 48-hour strike that will start Tuesday, January 17, and end Wednesday, January 18. The broader region of Attica will once again be paralyzed as public transportation employees will walk off their job...

Greece's private-sector umbrella union, GSEE, said on Tuesday it is prepared to discuss ways to reduce costs with employers' groups to boost the country's competitive position, but it refuses demands from Greece's international creditors to make deep cuts to...