On a 24-hour strike proceed today, Holy Monday, April 10, the employees in the Municipalities of the country with requests for the permanence of contract workers and the withdrawal of prosecutions against elected officials who did not exercise legal remedies against workers.

At 10.00 in the morning, POE-OTA is holding protest rally outside the Federation Offices at square Karaiskakis (Karolou 24-Athens) and march to the Offices of K.E.D.E. (Academias 65 and Gennadiou 8-Athens) and to the Ministry of the Interior (Vas. Sofias 15-Athens).

The demands of self-government workers:

  • Abolition of the obligation to exhaust every legal remedy related to employee claims.
  • Permanentization of Contractual Employees, who demonstrably cover permanent and permanent needs and work with recurring contracts in the Local Government.
  • Withdrawal of any disciplinary action against Municipal Councils and Electors who decided not to pursue legal remedies against employees, supporting the services of the Municipalities and the interest of the Citizens who elected them.
  • Recruitment of permanent staff in all Local Government services against the policy of obsolescence and privatisation.