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Football Players in Greece Announce Indefinite Strike

The Panhellenic Association of Paid Footballers (PSAP) announced on Monday evening that soccer players of the Greek Superleague as well as the lower leagues will be going on strike for the indefinite future beginning next week. Their announcement notes that a few...

Attacks and Molotov Cocktails in the Center of Athens

Shortly before 13:00 pm around 30 masked men attacked police officers with stones damaging shop windows in the center of Athens during demonstrations by the General Confederation of Workers of Greece (GCWG)  and the Civil Servants Supreme Administrative Council (CSSAC)....

Public Transportation Workers Set to Carry Out 24 Hour Strike Thursday

Public transportation will be disrupted on Thursday, December 3rd, due to the public transportation employees of the Athens metro, tram, bus, trolley and electric railway (ISAP) services and suburban railway employees joining together in a 24-hour strike called by Greece’s...

Seamen's Strike Announced for Next Thursday

The National Seamen's Federation (PNO) announced a 24-hour nationwide seamen's strike next week on Thursday, during which no ships will set sail from ports around the country. "Unfortunately, not only have the problems faced by the seamen's sector not been...

Seafarer's Strike Leaves Thousands of Migrants and Refugees on Lesvos

The PNO announced it will extend the strike by 48 hours on Tuesday evening. The strike is set to end on Friday at 6 pm. The impact of the strike in conjunction with the refugee crisis, which peaked in October with...

Strike by Greek Seafarers to Continue as Refugees Remain on Greek Islands

The Panhellenic Seamen's Organization (PNO) has decided to extend its current strike for another 48 hours. The original 48 hour strike began on Monday morning and officially ends on Wednesday at 6 am. Every ferry in Greece is currently docked at some port across the country. ‘It...

Panhellenic Seamen's Federation to Hold 48 Hour Strike

The Panhellenic Seamen’s Federation announced that it would be holding a 48 hour strike starting on Monday, November 2 at 6 am. All Greek ferries will remain tied in ports across the country and no route will be serviced. Meanwhile,...

Greek Workers Confederation Calls General Strike for November 12

The General Confederation of Greek Workers (GSEE) decided a general strike for November 12. This is the first strike against the new recessionary measures the leftist government is imposing. The security fund reforms that will bring major pension cuts and...

MEGA Problems at one of Greece's Biggest TV Stations Due to Announced Wage Cuts

MEGA television network, one of Greece's five major television networks, did not air their nightly news broadcast on Monday evening, as the company's employees went on strike from 6 pm until 12 am in protest of the anticipated cut in wages. Efsyn.gr...

Wednesday's Strikes Show Greeks Refuse Change

It is really sad to see the people of a country that was on the brink of bankruptcy three days ago to go on strike and take it to the streets to demonstrate against the deal that saved them...