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The labor union of Greece’s power utility PPC announced on Monday it will call strikes against the government’s decision to sell some of the company’s lignite plants, its president Giorgos Adamidis told the Athens-Macedonian News Agency, after a meeting...

Workers on Athens fixed-rail transport systems (tram, metro and Kifissia-Piraeus electric railway) will hold 24-hour strikes on Wednesday and Friday in protest against legislation that hands over the commercial exploitation of STASY fixed-rail transport stations and premises to the...

In additional to the 24-hour strike that the public transportation workers for the ISAP railway and tram announced for this Thursday, the union has now added two 24-hour strikes next week. The announcement came from a union representing the fixed-track transport...

Workers on Athens fixed-rail transport systems (tram, metro and Kifissia-Piraeus electric railway) have announced a 24-hour strike next Thursday, in protest against legislation that hands over the commercial exploitation of STASY fixed-rail transport stations and premises to the Athens...

Museums and archaeological sites throughout Greece will be closed on Monday due to a 24-hour warning strike declared by the Panhellenic Union of Employees for Guarding Antiquities. The museum and site guards are demanding that they continue to receive Sunday,...

The Greek seamen’s union federation PNO on Friday decided to suspend an ongoing strike that kept countless ships docked for days. "We end our strike now, and we 'll decide about our demands later," said Giannis Chalas, the president of PNO,...

  The Greek seamen's union federation PNO on Thursday decided to extend ongoing labor mobilizations with another 48-hour strike beginning at 6 a.m. on Friday and ending on Sunday morning. The strike has left ships moored in their docks and...

Civil servants, workers, professionals, freelancers and pensioners rallied on Thursday protesting against austerity as the 24-hour general strike put the Greek State in gridlock. The General Confederation of Greek Workers (GSEE) and the Greek Civil Servants' Confederation (ADEDY) have called...

The Greek seamen's union federation PNO on Monday said it will continue strike action after the breakdown of talks with Shipping and Island Policy Minister Panagiotis Kouroumblis to end their 48-hour strike. The strike began at 6 p.m. on...

On Saturday it was announced that ferries will not be running as the umbrella union of Greek seamen, PNO will be holding a strike until 6 p.m. Tuesday. This strike is taking place as seamen are becoming increasingly concerned regarding...