strike

A nationwide lawyers’ strike has been announced by Bar Associations of Greece starting from November 3 until November 4. The decision was made during an emergency meeting among members of a committee for local bar associations. This meeting was held on the 22nd...

As the second day of a general strike paralyzed the country, more than 70,000 peaceful[...]

Unions are to scale up their protests and walkouts on Tuesday ahead of a two-day general strike on Wednesday and Thursday, expected to be marked by vehement protests in the runup to a vote on new austerity measures in...

Pan-Hellenic Federation of Culture Ministry Employees called a 48-hour strike starting Wednesday, the 12th of October until Thursday the 13th.  As a result, archaeological sites, museums and Culture and Tourism Ministry services will be closed during these days. The...

Unions representing employees in state-run mass transports have called a 48-hour strike in Athens. Employees are again going to protest against professional redundancy measures imposed by the Greek Government. More specifically, the OSE trains and the suburban railway will be exempted...

The trial for the eight Greek terrorist suspects has been postponed until later this month, as lawyers have announced a 24-hour nationwide strike today. Additionally, the court held inside high security Korydallos prison near Athens cancelled the case to the...

The country is paralyzed under the weight of new strikes of public transport taking place from the 26th to the 28th of September. More specifically, the tram and the suburban railway will be exempted from the strike tomorrow, while buses,...

A 48-hour strike scheduled for the 27th and 28th of September was announced by the federations of tax and customs employees and the Ministry of Finance Employees' Unions, due to the new measures causing a reduced salary scale...

The air traffic controllers will be on strike on September 25 having mostly financial requests. Traffic controllers announced that the strike on Sunday will be from 00:01 to 24:00 and a four-hour strike will take place on Wednesday September...

Greek civil servants on Friday announced plans for a new strike on October 6 against austerity cuts, adding that a final decision will be taken next week after talks with private-sector labour. "A proposal has been tabled for a general...