Labor

Where's Zorba when you need him? There's good news and bad news for the Greek lifestyle, according to the Better Life Index compiled by the Paris-based Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD.) The good news is that they live...

Public hospitals, welfare structures and the ambulance service will operate with a security staff on July 16 and July 24, after the decision of the PanHellenic Federation of Employees in Public Hospitals (POEDIN) to declare strikes in response to...

Figures released by the Hellenic Statistical Authority, have revealed that the Greek unemployment rate hit higher levels in April 2013, reaching 26.9%, which represents an increase of 0.1% since March, 26.8%. Moreover, according to economist Angelos Tsakanikas' statement at the...

POE OTA members, the Panhellenic Federation of Workers of all specializations in the municipalities and local communities of Greece, decided a 24-hour strike on July 9 and a gathering at 11 in the morning at Karaiskaki Square. The welfare services...

A Greek court has ruled that the acid attack on a Bulgarian cleaning woman who had complained about working conditions was partly attributable to negligence by her company. The court ordered for Kuneva to receive 250,000 euros ($321,763) in...

Former workers at the now-closed ERT national broadcaster, which was shut down by the government on June 11 with no notice,  receiving their dismissals in letters sent by the Ministry of Finance. The documents state that ERT has been abolished...

Prime Minister Antonis Samaras' Cabinet shakeup to bring in PASOK Socialists as a reward for backing his closing of state broadcaster ERT means the government won't be able to meet deadlines set by international lenders to start firing more...

Another historic factory in the field of bakery closes. It is the Katselis company, which has been an employer for 500 families. The closure was announced in the market on June 21, when Nutriart S.A. (Katselis), filed for bankruptcy before...

A walk out has been announced by the nationwide federation of port employees (OMYLE) together with the unions of Piraeus port employees, for June 26th, as a protest against the scheduled privatization of all Greek ports. The walkout will...

With Greek pensioners already facing big cuts under austerity measures, a report from the Ministry of Labor said the system of paying retirees is under stress because there are about a million more beneficiaries, unemployed and non-workers than workers...