Unions and social organizations will launch a nationwide 24-hour strike on Thursday, September 21, 2023, to protest a labor bill currently being discussed and soon to be voted on in Parliament.
It is interesting to note that the private sector union umbrella GSEE will not participate in the strike.
The participating organizations include the Athens Labor Center, the public sector union ADEDY, hospital workers' union POEDIN, the communist party union PAME, Labor Centers throughout the country, as well as dozens of sectoral and operational unions.
So far, public transport workers and seamen unions have not announced whether they will join the protests.
In a statement, air traffic controllers confirmed their participation in the 24-hour strike.
The GSEE, which rejected the proposal to declare a 24-hour all-worker Pan-Hellenic strike, has filed objections to the labor bill along with other social organizations. The objections mainly concern the trial period of work, work for successive employers, and "zero contracts."
On September 21, protest gatherings and rallies have been planned in several cities across the country, including Athens, Thessaloniki, Patras, Chalkida, Chania, etc.
