A nationwide 24-hour strike has been announced for Thursday, September 21 by the country’s unions that oppose the new labor bill promoted by the government.

The Executive Committee of ADEDY decided to announce a twenty-four-hour nationwide strike against the government’s new labor bill. As ADEDY states in its statement, it demands his withdrawal and calls on the workers to take part in the gatherings that take place on the same day throughout the country.

At the same time, ADEDY is calling for a protest rally in Klathmonos Square, at 10.30 am.

“We demand his withdrawal and call on workers to take part in the rallies taking place on the same day across the country. ADEDY is calling for a protest rally in Klathmonos Square, at 10:30 in the morning”, it is stated in a statement.

Bus stoppages on Thursday, September 21

The Workers’ Union decided to participate in the strike of the Athens Labor Center on Thursday OASA.

Specifically, the buses will run between 9:00 – 21:00 due to employee work stoppages from the start of the shift (5.00 am) until 9:00 am. and from 21:00 until the end of the shift (00:00). Buses are expected to run normally on the lines assigned to KTEL.

Bus workers demand: withdrawal of the labor bill, safety of workers and passengers, recognition of seniority for newly hired workers, staff recruitment – fleet renewal.

The teachers are on strike

The teachers and professors, as announced by their unions, will participate in Thursday’s ADEDY strike, reacting to the new labor bill.

As stated in an announcement by OLME:

“the Executive Committee of A.D.E.D.Y. decided to declare a 24-hour Pan-Hellenic Strike on Thursday, September 21, against the government’s new anti-labor bill.

We demand his withdrawal and call on workers to take part in the rallies that are taking place on the same day across the country.

OLME calls to the ADEDY protest rally in Klathmonos Square, at 10.30 am.

Everyone in the Race! Everyone on strike!”.

24-hour nationwide strike for POEDIN – EINAP

THE EVER by decision of the General Council announces a 24-hour Pan-Hellenic Strike for Thursday 21/9/2023, the day of submission to Parliament of the labor bill requesting its withdrawal.

The requests are “to withdraw the labor bill, to extend the contracts of the 2,000 hospital workers through DYPA and to remove where there are contractors in the NSS with the ongoing tenders costing much more money and offering working conditions of the Middle Ages”.

POEDIN’s announcement:

The bill establishes provisions that abolish the 8-hour, five-day work day and criminalize union activity.

To “live” decently a worker should be paid according to his working hours and not forced to work day and night for several or one employer without rest. Even today, employers and the public do not respect statutory labor rights and exploit workers with poorly paid work, with dozens of days off and days of normal leave due. Even more so after the passing of such a bill that further elasticises labor relations.

Hospitals are staffed by contract workers who have repeatedly denounced the conditions they work in which are reminiscent of the Middle Ages. Contractors who cost the State much more money than the employment of permanent or even contract workers.

We demand the expulsion of the contractors and the hiring of contractors in the support services.

In the Hospitals, 2,000 employees work in critical services (casualties, technical service, administrative employees, etc.) on the front line with the DYPA programs for the long-term unemployed aged 55 to 67 with two-year contracts. Contracts gradually expire, leaving gaps that cannot be filled in the Hospitals, and colleagues “for a while” either in the age limit or in the number of official positions do not have the right to retire.

In our meeting with the Minister of Labor, he pledged that he would consider the possibility of legislation extending the contracts for one year. There was no initiative by the Minister of Labor to extend the contracts in question. They are being fired gradually even though they are absolutely necessary to us even though they have been trained and gained experience.

With its announcement, the Athens-Piraeus Hospital Physicians Union (EINAP) declares that it will participate in the 24-hour nationwide strike on Thursday 09/21/23 that ADEDY has announced, and in the gathering of the unions at 10:30 at Syntagma.

Strike mobilization and seafarers on Thursday, September 21

On Thursday, September 21, the seafarers will participate in a strike mobilization, on the occasion of the government’s promotion of the labor bill.

According to a statement issued earlier today by the Panhellenic Union of Merchant Marines (PENEN), the new bill “imposes 13 hours of work per day, 78 hours per week, abolishes breaks in the workplace, a series of benefits breaks them, strengthens flexible forms employment, further undermines the 8-hour, 5-day, Sunday holidays in large industries such as the food and beverage industry, etc. It enacts minimum-work, zero-hours contracts and bespoke work’.

The members of PENEN will gather on Thursday, at 10:00, at the offices of the Piraeus Labor Center in Karaiskaki square and then they will participate in the protest march.

In addition to PENEN, the Panhellenic Union of Merchant Marine Engineers, the Panhellenic Union of Junior Engine Crews E.N. will participate in the strike mobilization. “STEFENSON” and the Panhellenic Professional Union of Cooks.

Air Traffic Controllers also participate in the ADEDY 24-hour strike

Air Traffic Controllers will participate in the 24-hour nationwide strike announced by ADEDY on Thursday, September 21, 2023.

“EEEKE has decided to invite its members to participate in the 24-hour strike announced by ADEDY on Thursday, September 21, 2023, against the government’s new anti-labor bill” is noted in a related announcement.

Athens Labor Center: Twenty-four-hour strike on September 21

The announcement of a 24-hour pan-Athenian labor strike on Thursday, September 21, 2023, against the government’s new labor bill, was decided by the Athens Labor Center, after the extraordinary meeting of the board of directors.

As he states in his announcement, he demands his withdrawal and calls for a union strike gathering in Syntagma Square, at 11 am.

Strike rallies

In Athens, a strike rally will take place on Thursday, September 21, at 10:30 am. in Syntagma Square. In Thessaloniki, at 10:30 a.m. at the Statue of Venizelos. In Patras, at 10:30 am. outside the offices of the Labor Center (Kolokotroni 20). In Aliveri, at 10 am. at the Lignitorichos Statue. In Veria, at 10:30 am, at the Town Hall Square. In Ioannina, at 10:30 am. at the Labor Center.

Also, a strike rally will take place in Heraklion, Crete, at 10 am. in pl. Freedom. In Istiaea, at 11 am. at the main square. In Mantoudi, at 10:30 am. at the square. In Naoussa, at 10:30 am. at the main square. In Chalkida, at 10:30 am. at the Labor Center. In Chania, at 10 am. in pl. Municipal Market.