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Efood Delivery Workers Stage Protest in Athens

Delivery drivers for the Greek app Efood staged a large protest in the center of Athens on Wednesday afternoon in the wake of massive backlash the company faced over worker's rights. Hundreds of drivers for the Greek food delivery giant...

Three Workers Die of Electrocution on Greece’s Evia Island

Three men, members of a crew undergrounding power lines, were lethally electrocuted in the island of Evia, central Greece.

May Day: Thousands March Across Greece to Commemorate Labor Day

Thousands of people, including members of trade unions, political parties and workers, marched in Athens and many other major Greek cities on Wednesday to commemorate Labor Day, The day devoted to workers is celebrated across Europe and other parts...

Greece Toughens Redundancy Procedures in Compliance With European Social Charter

Greece's Labor Ministry plans to introduce over the following days the ''Valid Reason Principle'' into Greek law regarding workers losing their jobs due to redundancy. The new bill will soon come before the Greek Parliament for a discussion and a...

''Don't Order Food, Cook Pasta!'': Greek Food Delivery Workers Go on Strike

The first coordinated strike of workers in the food delivery sector will take place simultaneously in Athens and Thessaloniki on Thursday. The workers in this specific sector have participated in strikes in the past, but this is their first attempt...

Greek Tobacco Giant Papastratos to Give €1 Million in Shares to Workers

Papastratos, Greece's largest tobacco manufacturer and distributor, announced on Thursday that it will give shares worth a total of €1.0 million in its parent company Philip Morris International to its workers. In the statement, the Papastratos company said that it...

Two Workers Killed by Fumes in Waste Treatment Shaft in Lakonia; Two Injured

Two workers were killed and two were injured during work inside a biological waste treatment shaft in the town of Skala, Lakonia, on Tuesday. According to initial reports on the circumstances surrounding the incident, a 51-year-old Bulgarian national was cleaning...

KKE Calls on Greeks to Protest Ahead of Obama's Visit to Athens

Communist KKE party in an announcement on Saturday called on the workers, the youth and the entire Greek population to "welcome" the outgoing US President Barack Obama with rallies and protests. According to the announcement, Obama is visiting the country...

British Wage Cuts on a Par With Greece

The Trades Union Congress (TUC) study has found that workers in Britain have suffered the biggest drop in real wages since the financial crisis - more than any other leading economy besides Greece. Real earnings of British employees declined...

OECD Study Shows Greeks Lag Behind in Skills and Aptitude

The recent report by the OECD on Greek manpower found that Greek adults lack skills compared to the rest of the world despite the fact that lessons and teaching methods at Greek schools have been harmonized with international standards....