The decision to declare a 24-hour strike in all media in the public and private sector from 05:00 in the morning on April 16 to 5 in the morning on April 17 was taken by POESY, POSPERT, POEPTYM and ETPTA, participating with all the country’s workers in 24-hour pan-Hellenic strike declared by GSEE.
The POESY announcement in detail
By a joint decision of POESY, POSPERT, POEPTYM and ETPTA, a strike is announced for all journalists, technicians and administrators in all Mass Media (print, radio and television, online) in the public and private sector, ERT, GGE, APE-MPE, OTAs, Press Offices and site, from 5 am on April 16, 2024 to 5 am on April 17, 2024, participating with all the country’s workers in the 24-hour nationwide strike declared by the GSEE.
The Federations note for the umpteenth time, the refusal on the part of the employers to proceed with the preparation of Collective Labor Agreements in the private sector, which has led the workers to be paid meager wages, which are not sufficient to cover their basic family and personal needs, the increasing precision, which wipes out family incomes.
At the same time, not only media workers, but the whole of Greek society, we are experiencing a series of consecutive explosive increases, which create a suffocating situation for families who see their incomes and resources practically annihilated.
We protest the continued and ever-increasing pressure on journalism and journalists, and ultimately on reliable and free information, which is a cornerstone of democratic functioning.
The workers demand:
SSE in all media in both the public and private sectors. Journalists and media workers must finally stop being held hostage by anarchic working conditions and very low pay. It is pointed out that in the recent EU directive on “adequate minimum wages”, member states are invited to strengthen Collective Labor Agreements, so that 80% of workers are covered by them. Information is a good and a democratic guarantee and its servants claim their professional and working dignity.
Measures to tackle the punctuality that flattens wages and drives workers into poverty.
Substantial and effective measures to deal with unemployment.
National and European support measures to protect incomes and jobs in the private sector.
Update with reliability and pluralism.
Safety in public transport and workplaces.
The defense of labor rights and the restoration of collective labor law is a defense of the principles of Democracy, Equality, Justice, with the ultimate goal of Freedom of Press, reliable and free Information, with rules of ethics, reliability and pluralism.
The Federations call on their members to participate en masse in the strike, the demands of which concern all media workers, in the private and public sectors.
The Boards of Directors
of POESY
of POSPERT
of POEPTYM
of ETPTA
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