Athens: Public Transport Operations During General Strike, Oct 18/2012
While some public transport means launch 24-hour strikes, some others stage just work stoppages, in order to facilitate protesters to join the rallies. Transport to/from Athens Airport can be done via...
View ArticleIraklio: Rioters overturn police car, smash pawnshops windows
Strong police presence at the general strike protests in Iraklio, Crete, could not prohibid a group of anti-authoritarians to cause damages on public and private property.The group overturned a police...
View ArticleGreece on strike in solidarity with ERT -see public transport, flights, Jun...
Unions of public and private sector ADEDY and GSEE announced a 24-hour strike for tomorrow Thursday, June 13th 2013 to express solidarity with ERT personnel that is laid-off over night after PM...
View ArticleAthens: huge protest as journalist continue broadcast; will ERT shutdown...
Journalists and technicians of public television ERT continue to broadcast program despite the government decision to shut down on Tuesday night and the order to evacuate the building. Panels with...
View ArticleAthens: strong rain spoils anti-austerity protest on strike day Nov 6/2013
Members of public and private sector unions gathered in downtown Athens on Wednesday morning to protest the austerity policies of Greek government. Unions have called for a nationwide general strike...
View ArticleGreek public & private sector on 24h strike, Apr 9/2014
Greece’s public and private sector unions ADEDY and GSEE will launch a 24-hour general strike on April 8th 2014. It is considered as certain that seamen will join the strike. More details as soon as...
View ArticleGreek unions to launch 24h general strike, Apr 9/2014
Greek public and private sector unions ADEDY and GSEE will launch a 24-hour general strike on Wednesday, April 9th 2014. Among others teachers, seamen and train workers will participate in the strike....
View ArticleTsipras’ party calls on people to join anti-austerity general strike, Nov...
It is not only the workers and trade unions of the public and private sectors that have urged people to join the general 24-hour strike on Thursday, November 12 2015. It is also left-wing SYRIZA the...
View ArticleFirst anti-SYRIZA general strike and protest with teargas from the left
It must have been an awesome experience: to be a SYRIZA supporter, to have joined the anti-austerity protest and to be teargassed by the same government that you support. This interpretation of the...
View ArticleGreece’s public & private sector on general strike, Dec 3/2015
Greek public and private sector unions will launch a 24-hour general strike, on Thursday, December 3rd 2015. The strike will paralyze Greece as workers at public transport means will join the protest....
View ArticleGreece’s strike week, Feb 1-5/2016
Overhaul of Greece’s pensions system and overtaxation are pushing thousands of Greeks to the streets, to strikes and work stoppages. The week from February 1st to February 5th 2016 is expected to be...
View ArticleGreece to paralyze with 24h General Strike, also flights affected, Apr7/2016
Public and private sector unions will launch a 24-hour general strike tomorrow, Thursday, April 7th 2016. Public servants, doctors, teachers, workers in Ambulance, journalists but also air flight...
View ArticlePublic Transport, ferries, flights, trains: Work stoppage and 24h strikes May...
Workers at public transport means, ferries and ships but also air-traffic controllers launch work stoppages and strikes to protest the voting of the new austerity measures package. Strike and work...
View ArticlePolice fires teargas at rioters during anti-austerity protest on general...
Police fired teargas at rioters during the big anti-austerity protest in downtown Athens on Wednesday. Thousands joined the unions rally on the day of the general strike. People wearing hoods started...
View ArticleLesvos to hold a general strike to protest overcrowded refugee camps
The municipality of Lesvos has called for a general strike on Monday, November 20 2017, to protest the overcrowded accommodation centers and the living conditions for the thousands of refugees and...
View ArticleFerries and ships to remain docked as seamen join 24h general strike
Ships and ferries will remain docked on Thursday, December 14th 2017, after the Greek Seamen Federation declared that they will join the 24-hour general strike to be launched by private sector union...
View ArticleGeneral Strike paralyzes Greece, disrupt flights and transportation
The 24-hour general strike organized by unions of the public and private sector ADEDY and GESEE will paralyze the country and disrupt transportation, including flights. General strike on 14. December...
View ArticlePeaceful protest marches on General strike day, anarchists destroy Metro station
Thousands but no as many as organizers had hoped gathered in downtown Athens and marched towards the Greek Parliament to protest new austerity measures and poverty, while lawmakers have been voting on...
View ArticleFerries docked, flights disrupted as General Strike to paralyze Greece on May 30
Ferries and ships will remain docked and flight schedules will be cancelled or delayed on May 30th 2018 following a call for a general strike by major workers and employees unions. Public and private...
View ArticleGeneral Strike paralyzes Greece, disrupt flights and transportation
The 24-hour general strike organized by unions of the public and private sector ADEDY and GESEE will paralyze the country and disrupt transportation, including flights. General strike on 14. December...
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