Labor

On the most remote island of the Aegean, the island of Kastelorizo, one would expect that the place could be deserted by young people. And yet, it is exactly the opposite, as according to Greek media, the island's young...

One of Greece's Troika of lenders the International Monetary Fund, on July 29 will decide whether to to release its current commitment of 1.8 billion euros ($2.39 billion) and reportedly wants more pay cuts and curtailing of worker rights...

Hundreds of breeders from Epirus, a Region northwestern of Greece, gathered July 26 outside the Dodoni dairy factory, demanding to be paid for the milk they had delivered and for which they said they had bot been compensated. Reports said...

Germany has prepared a list of specializations of workers from countries outside the European Union to fill vacant posts arising in the country , with doctors, nurses, electricians and train drivers at the top of this list. According to the...

The administrations of major Greek banks are prompted by the heads of the Troika to proceed to a dramatic shrinkage of the staff serving in the Greek banking sector. As it was revealed on July 22 by the Greek newspaper...

Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras' hope to keep down social unrest is going unheeded as workers at public hospitals, health centers, welfare structures and the ambulance service will strike for 24 hours on July 24, leaving only a skeleton...

The Journalists' Union of the Athens Daily Newspapers (ESIEA) announced the decision of the Press unions to declare a 24-hour strike in the private mass media tomorrow, Friday July 19 against the operation for the closure of ERT. In the...

Undeclared labor during the summer season has become Greece’s new scourge, as after numerous controls it was found that one in three workers in tourist enterprises is uninsured. As it was officially announced by ΙΚΑ (Social Insurance Institute, the largest...

The forecasts for unemployment in 2014 are ominous, according to data in a recent OECD report, which estimate that unemployment will dramatically increase in 2014, leaving 48 million people jobless in 34 member states of the OECD, among which...

After months of relative calm, and just as he said Greece was beginning to show signs of turning the corner toward recovery next year, Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras faces perhaps the biggest challenge to his new fragile coalition...