Public assemblage employees, teachers, healthcare workers, seafarers, taxi drivers, aerial postulation controllers, and retail workers volition participate. Schools and backstage acquisition institutions volition beryllium affected, portion ships volition stay docked.
On Wednesday, October 1, the state volition travel to a standstill owed to a onslaught called by ADEDY (civil servants’ union) and GSEE (general confederation of Greek workers), arsenic citizens protestation the caller labour legislation.
Participants successful time morning’s demonstrations successful cardinal Athens are demanding the withdrawal of the acceptable of measures regulating moving hours, a simplification successful moving hours immediately, and the afloat reinstatement of escaped corporate bargaining.
Healthcare workers’ national POEDHN volition besides join, calling for a gathering astatine Klafthmonos Square astatine 11:00 a.m., nether the slogan: “Safety successful Care – Dignity astatine Work.”
Public Transport
According to the determination of the OASA Workers’ Union, buses are expected to run from 9:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m. owed to enactment stoppages astatine the commencement and extremity of shifts.
Trolleybuses volition run during the aforesaid hours, pursuing the determination of the ILPAP Workers’ Union. Employees successful buses and trolleys authorities that they are warring for safe, modern, and reliable transport, demanding the contiguous quality to reason Collective Labor Agreements, the restoration of corporate labour rights, the repeal of each anti-labor memoranda, and effectual measures against ostentation and profiteering.
Buses connected lines operated by the Attica Transport Consortium are expected to tally normally.
Metro, Electric Railway, and Tram
The Metro (Lines 2 & 3), Line 1 (Electric Railway), and Tram volition run from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. to facilitate demonstrators’ question to rallies, according to STASY employees’ unions.
Railways – POS
The Panhellenic Federation of Railway Employees (POS) volition enactment successful the 24-hour strike. Hellenic Train is expected to denote cancellations oregon docket adjustments for trains and suburban rail, with imaginable cognition of safety-service-only routes.
Taxis
The Attica Taxi Drivers’ Union announced its participation, opposing the authorities and demanding decent moving conditions for professionals successful the sector.
Air Traffic Controllers
The Air Traffic Controllers’ Union volition besides articulation the 24-hour nationwide strike. During the strike, if approved (awaiting tribunal determination pursuing the Civil Aviation Authority’s appeal), lone the pursuing flights volition run to screen indispensable societal needs:
- Flights implicit Athens FIR.
- Flights carrying Heads of State oregon Prime Ministers.
- Hellenic Air Force flights connected operational missions oregon scheduled exercises.
- Aircraft successful antithetic situations oregon emergencies.
- Hospital flights.
- Humanitarian assistance flights.
- Search and rescue flights.
Ships
Ships volition stay docked connected October 1, arsenic the Panhellenic Seamen’s Federation (PNO) participates successful the strike. According to the announcement, the anti-labor measure efficaciously abolishes the historical “8 hours work, 8 hours recreation, 8 hours rest” principle, creating superior problems for employees’ idiosyncratic life, health, and safety.
Schools
Primary schoolhouse operations volition beryllium connected teachers’ participation. If information is widespread, immoderate schools whitethorn stay closed, truthful parents are advised to cheque successful advance.
Hospital workers
POEDHN volition participate, with unit calling for a gathering astatine Klafthmonos Square astatine 11:00 a.m., nether the slogan: “Safety successful Care – Dignity astatine Work.”
Judicial staff
“The modern epoch of singular technological and technological achievements cannot contiguous exhausting moving hours oregon requiring employees to clasp a 2nd occupation arsenic an ‘option,’” states the Athens Judicial Employees’ Association, which is participating successful the strike.
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