Strike: The center is open – The marches are complete –

Table of Contents

• 0.1 On the side of the seasonal firefighters is Zoe Konstantopoulou
• 0.2 “Present” potential of PaSoK
• 1 “Accuracy in God, wages in Tartarus”
• 2 Traffic regulations
• 3 The requests
• 4 How will the mass media move?
• 5 Ships tied up in ports
• 6 Hospital doctors are on strike
• 7 Who else is on strike?
• 8 How might the economic and social disparities between⁤ striking groups, such as teachers and construction workers, influence their collective bargaining power and the overall success of the strike?

Vehicular traffic in the center of Athens is running normally as the protest marches carried out by federations, unions and unions as part of today’s 24-hour general strike have been completed.

Thousands of strikers gathered earlier in the Propylaia, while the Union blocs were outside the Parliament.



On the side of the seasonal firefighters is Zoe Konstantopoulou


“Present” potential of PaSoK

Today, after years, PaSoK had a large presence in a strike mobilization.

The “present” was given by the president of the party, Nikos Androulakis, and many other PaSoK officials such as Nadia Giannakopoulou, Michalis Katrinis, Milena Apostolaki, Pavlos Christidis and others.



“Accuracy in God, wages in Tartarus”

In his statements, the president of GSEE, Yiannis Panagopoulos, noted.

“Employees of the private sector went through everything during the time of the memorandums, very hard during the time of the health crisis, they are going through even harder today, when accuracy lies with God, because our salaries are in Tartarus, because finding housing is a illusory dream and apparently some people are not listening to the voice of society. What we are trying to do with the general strike is to make the voice of labor heard, demanding real increases and the Collective Bargaining Agreements back, so that we can negotiate on equal terms with the employers. Enough of this tolerance towards employer arbitrariness, enough of not actually dealing with punctuality, which affects every household in our country”.

Traffic regulations

The city center was inaccessible, as the Traffic Police had proceeded with traffic regulations.

The times of the gatherings and the points in Athens from where they started are as follows:

• 10:30 Propylaia – PAME and other unions
• 11: 00 Clathmonos – ADEDY and GESEE
• 11:00 Hauteia – KKE (m_l), Rouvikonas and other Collectives
• 11:00 Pedion Areos – Various Associations (bicycle drivers)



The requests

Among the demands of the GSEE are “increases in nominal wages, the taking of immediate measures to deal with profiteering, the restructuring of labor relations, the institutional restoration of the Collective Labor Law, the guarantee of affordable housing for all and the implementation of social housing programs with its reserve of 1.5 billion euros from the former Labor Center and with resources from the Recovery and Resilience Fund”.

ADEDY claims:

• Real wage increases.
• Restoration of 13th-14th salary.
• Collective Labor Agreements.
• Abolition of the 2% unemployment levy.
• Unfreezing of the 2016-2017 biennium.
• Tax-free at 12,000 euros.
• Increase and extension of hazardous and unhealthy work allowance. No cut of it.
• Supporting the NHS with generous funding.
• Health and safety measures in workplaces and schools.
• Reducing the number of students to 1:15.
• No to mergers of schools and departments.
• Repeal of the Hatzidakis Law (Law 4808/21) and Law 5053/23 (Georgiadis) on labor matters, as well as the repeal of all laws that privatize social security. Restoration of N. 1264/82.
• Recruitment of permanent staff, to cover the thousands of organizational vacancies that exist in the State, especially in the fields of Health, Education and Social Security”.

How will the mass media move?

The means of transport with work stoppages also participate in the 24-hour strike.

1. Metro Line 1 (Kifisia – Piraeus) will operate from 9 am to 9 pm. The stations will open to the public at 9 am and the last trains will depart:

• from Kifissia and Piraeus at 20:35,
• from Monastiraki to Kifissia at 20:51 and to Piraeus at 21:09,
• from Omonia to Kifissia at 20:54 and to Piraeus at 21:07,
• from Attica to Kifissia at 20:59 and to Piraeus at 21:02

2. Metro Lines 2 & 3 will operate from 9 am to 5 pm. The last trains will depart:

• from Syntagma in all directions at 17:10,
• from Anthoupoli to Elliniko at 16:51,
• from Elliniko to Anthoupoli at 16:48,
• from Municipal Theater to D. Placentias at 16:44,
• from D. Placentias to Municipal Theater at 16:47.

Specifically for Metro routes to and from the Airport:

• the first trains will depart from the Municipal Theater at 09:06 and from the Airport at 09:10
• the last trains will depart from the Municipal Theater at 16:18 and from the Airport at 16:22

3. The Tram will operate from 9 am to 8.30 pm.

Line 7 (ASCLIPIO VOULAS – HOLY TRIADA):

• the first train will depart from ASKLIPIIO VOULAS at 9:07 and the last at 18:55,
• the first train will depart from AGIA TRIADA at 9:07 and the last at 19:07

On Line 6 (SYNTAGMA – PIKRODAFNI):

• the first train will depart from PIKRODAFNI at 8:12 and the last at 18:58,
• the first train will leave SYNTAGMA at 9:02 and the last at 19:42

Lines 6 & 7 (responding to PIKRODAPHNI):

• the first train will depart from SYNTAGMA to ASKLIPIIO VOULAS at 9:43 and the last at 18:56
• the first train will depart from ASKLIPIIO VOULAS to SYNTAGMA at 9:33 and the last at 18:31,
• the first train will depart from AGIA TRIADA to SYNTAGMA at 9:33 and the last at 18:31,
• the first train will depart from SYNTAGMA to AGIAS TRIADA at 9:44 and the last one at 18:47.

The railway workers also decided to participate in the GSEE strike, by decision of the Panhellenic Railway Federation (POS). Following this decision, part of the Hellenic Train routes, including the Athens suburban train, are expected to operate with security personnel.

Ships tied up in ports

The ships will remain tied up in the ports of the country on Wednesday, after the unanimous decision of the management of the Panhellenic Maritime Federation (PNO) to participate in the 24-hour all-work nationwide strike announced by the GSEE management.

The strike, with a central demand to address the housing crisis, the restoration of collective labor law as well as the reduction of workers’ purchasing power, ends today at midnight.

Hospital doctors are on strike

The hospital doctors (Federation of Associations of Hospital Doctors of Greece, OENGE) also participate in the strike.

“The public health structures have shrunk by 40% compared to 2009 and their staff has remained half, aged and exhausted, while on the other hand the private health groups are having a ‘crazy’ profit party” the Union says in a statement.

Among other things, the hospital doctors express their strong reaction to the financing “with 30 million euros from the Recovery Fund to the private clinics to carry out part of the “free” afternoon surgeries and to be embedded in the people’s consciousness that they will have to pay out of pocket of the legal pouch in the evening paid surgeries of the public hospitals, otherwise it is doomed to wait on the lists of shame.”

Who else is on strike?

Participation in the 24-hour strike on November 20 has been announced by the private teachers through OIELE. In their statement, the private teachers emphasize that they are on strike with the main demands being the reinstatement of the collective bargaining regime in Tutoring Schools, Foreign Language Centers and SAEK (formerly IEK) and salary increases and the return of gifts to private schools.

IOC and OLME also participate in the strike.

Builders and bank employees are participating in the strike.

The Panhellenic Federation of Food-Tourism Workers (POEET) is participating in the strike announced by the General Confederation of Greek Workers (GSEE).