The country will be on strike today due to the nationwide strike it is organizing on Wednesday the GSEE with the participation of sectoral and business associations. It is noted that he is not participating in the strike ADEDY, which decided to proceed with a separate mobilization of its own on May 21. GSEE announced the strike demanding real wage increases, reinstatement of Collective Agreements and protection of income from punctuality.

The ships will remain tied up in the ports of the whole country. The Panhellenic Maritime Federation has decided to participate in the 24-hour strike. The PNO strike will start at 00.01 on Wednesday 17th April and will end at midnight on the same day, demanding that punctuality be addressed and that conditions be ensured for a decent level.

They also participate in the strike and public sector workers, according to decisions taken by the primary unions and the Federations. Among the associations that decided to participate in the strike is EINAP, which represents the doctors in the public hospitals of Athens and Piraeus. OTOE also participates in the strike.

Analytically:

Traffic regulations are in effect in the center of Athens, due to the planned gatherings:

  • GSEE is holding a protest rally at 11:00 in Klathmonos Square and PAME at 10:30 in Syntagma
  • In Kaningos square, Federations, Unions of workers in the private sector, in Omonia will gather craft unions and in Propylaia Federations and Unions of workers in the public sector as well as student associations.
  • The pensioners’ federations and unions have a meeting at 9 am outside the State Council building and from there they will march to the strike meeting at the Constitution.
  • Maritime unions are organizing a pre-gathering at 5.30 in the morning at ISAP in Piraeus.

Metro – Electric – Tram

Attica will be left without metro and electric, as the workers have decided to participate in the 24-hour strike of the GSEE, while announcements are awaited on how the tram will move.

According to information, the workers are aiming for a 24-hour strike. The workers are demanding immediate hiring and employment contracts and are participating in the strike against “the wave of precision and filthy lucre that daily affect the dignified living of millions of low-wage and low-pensioners” as stated in a statement by the Athens Metro Operation Employees’ Union (SELMA), which calls its members in Klathmonos square at 11 in the morning.

Buses – trolleybuses

With work stoppages, bus and trolley workers are participating in the 24-hour strike of the GSEE. According to the OASA Workers’ Union and the ILPAP Workers’ Union, city buses and trolleys will run from 9:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m. due to work stoppages (from the start of the shift to 9:00 a.m. and from 9:00 p.m. 00 until the end of the shift). The workers are demanding public, safe, modern transport, a collective labor agreement and staff recruitment, signing of a collective bargaining agreement. Buses are normally expected to run on the OASA lines which have been taken over by KTEL.

Cab

With a work stoppage, from 5 in the morning to 3 in the afternoon, the taxi owners participate in the strike, while they have also planned a gathering at the SATA offices at 10 in the morning. With the slogan “no taxis on the roads”, the Taxi Drivers Union (SATA) calls on all taxi drivers to participate in the strike “for the three wounds that we need to close tax, project interception and multinationals”.

Trains – Suburban rail

The Panhellenic Federation of Railways also participates in a 24-hour strike. However, according to an announcement by Hellenic Train, a number of routes will operate with security personnel.

In particular, in its statement it states that due to the 24-hour strike mobilization announced by G.S.E.E., in which the Panhellenic Federation of Railways (P.O.S.) also participates, there will be suspensions and modifications to routes in the entire network, including Suburban. However, for the best possible service to the passenger public, Hellenic Train will operate the following routes with security personnel:

  • In the section Athens – Thessaloniki – Athens: 52, 53, 56 and 57
  • In the section Larissa – Thessaloniki – Larissa: 1591, 1592, 2593, 2594, 1597 and 1598
  • On the Piraeus – Kiato – Piraeus section: 1300, 1305, 1318, 1323, 1326 and 2301
  • On the Piraeus – Airport – Piraeus section: 1206, 1207, 1222, 1223, 1230 and 1231
  • In the section Athens – Chalkida – Athens: 1532, 1535, 1550, 1553, 2530 and 2533

Also, due to the strike, the following itineraries are modified:

  • In the Piraeus-Kiato-Piraeus section: On Tuesday 16.04.2024, trains 2302 and 2304 will run from Piraeus to Ano Liosia by train, and in the Ano Liosia – Kiato section they will be replaced by buses.
  • In the Athens-Chalkida-Athens section: On Tuesday 16.04.2024, train 2534 will run from Athens to Afidnes by train, and in the Afidnai – Chalkida section it will be replaced by a bus.
  • Also, train 2539 in the Chalkida – Oinoi section will be replaced by a bus.

For more information about the routes, passengers can get information from the local ticket offices, the electronic ticketing (https://tickets.hellenictrain.gr/), the Hellenic Train application for mobile devices (HellenicTrain App), or the 14511 (passenger service phone), including the Suburban of Athens.

The requests of the Panhellenic Federation of Railways and Fixed Track Vehicles (POS-MST)

POS – MST requests immediate recruitment of permanent staff with stable work, restoration of free negotiations of collective labor agreements, increases in wages to deal with the crisis and the cost of living, re-operation of the railway network throughout Greece, upgrading of rolling stock, full restoration of the infrastructure – facilities affected by the disasters (e.g. Volos Factory) and better working conditions everywhere.