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Greece's private-sector umbrella union, GSEE, and the country's business groups agreed on Thursday to form a common front to oppose wage cuts, a move that could set them on a collision course with demands made by Greece's international creditors. Following...

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...

Even as Greece’s public workers continue to struggle under waves of pay cuts, tax hikes, slashed[...]

ATHENS – After 18 months of protests, riots and strikes, another walk off the job by Greek workers on Dec. 1 shut down many services in the capital and elsewhere in the country, but there was no repeat of...

The new government this week faces its first labour challenge with unions hitting the street against[...]

The new coalition government led by interim Prime Minister Lucas Papademos is not getting a reprieve from Greek workers, who will take to the streets on Dec. 1 to keep up their protest against austerity [...]

ATHENS – Protests didn't work. Riots didn't work. Strikes didn't work either, but Greek workers say they’ll walk off their jobs again this week anyway, fed up with another round of austerity measures they said have crippled their present and destroyed their future. Although garbage collectors...

Two main unions on Thursday said they would hold a two-day general strike next week against new austerity cuts by the government to address an unraveling debt crisis that has shaken the eurozone. The leading GSEE union that represents private...