The country is on strike on Wednesday, February 28, with the workers’ unions announcing their participation in the demonstrations, which are taking place on the occasion of the completion of one year since the crime in Tempi.
ADEDY
ADEDY announced a general 24-hour strike for Wednesday, with the call stating, among other things, that February 28 marks one year “since the crime of Tempe. One year and still the perpetrators of the tragedy have not been held accountable for their criminal actions that led 57 of our fellow citizens – the vast majority of them young children – to death and plunged their families into mourning. A year later we are here again on the streets, to shout together that we do not forget. We will continue the fight to hold those responsible accountable and to cancel any attempt to cover up the responsibilities.”
As pointed out in ADEDY’s call, the main requests are:
– A horizontal increase of 10% in the salaries of the employees in the State, in order to deal with the accuracy and the inflation.
– RESTORATION HERE and NOW of the GIFTS
– Collective agreements for our salaries
– Abolition of the salary freeze for the two years 2016-17
– Abolition of the 2% unemployment levy
– Increase of the tax-free allowance to €12,000
– Increasing the allowance for unhealthy work
– All critical public institutions (health, education, social services, insurance, etc.) should be immediately staffed with permanent employees and all necessary infrastructures should be upgraded.
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Unions of metro workers, ISAP and trams, announced their participation in the ADEDY 24-hour general strike. As they state, among other things, the workers’ unions, “as a sign of honor and respect to the memory of the victims of the tragic accident in Tempe, on the occasion of the completion of one year since this unprecedented event, decided to carry out a 24-hour strike mobilization, on Wednesday 28 -2-2024.
- We will continue to demand and demand:
- Immediate staff recruitment
- New and modern rolling stock
- Continuous improvement of all existing electronic security systems
- Continuous retraining of all employees
- The safety of workers in the workplace
- Installation of modern security systems in the national and peri-urban network
- Revising or issuing Operation and Maintenance Procedures
- Inclusion of operating personnel in Heavy and Unhealthy occupations”.
It is noted that the announcement is signed by the following unions: ST.SY. – STASY TRAM & URBAN MEANS FIXED TRACK EMPLOYEES ASSOCIATION (S.E.T.) – ELECTRIC CONDUCTORS & OTHER TRAFFIC EMPLOYEES ASSOCIATION AT STA.SY. S.A. (S.H.E.K.) – STATHMARKS UNION – FIRST LINE – ATTICA TRAM DRIVERS ASSOCIATION (S.H.I.T.A.) – ATTICA METRO ELECTRIC DRIVERS ASSOCIATION (S.H.A.M.) – CENTER EMPLOYEES ASSOCIATION ATHENS METRO OPERATION CONTROL (S.E.K.E.L.M.A.).
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The taxi drivers in Athens are lifting the handbrake on Tuesday as part of the 48-hour strike they have announced.
The taxi drivers are expected to gather at Spyrou Patsis Street at 10:30 and will then head to the Ministry of Transport.
As emphasized in the relevant announcement, the Greek Police will take measures to decongest traffic by making diversions and traffic interruptions, where necessary, along the route.
In particular, there will be traffic regulations from Spyrou Patsi Street, where TAXIS will gather, and then successive traffic regulations on the route through Athens Avenue, Karaiskaki Square, Marni, Patision, Alexandras Avenue as well as Mesogeion Avenue, up to the Ministry of Transport .
ELAS appeals to the drivers of the vehicles to avoid moving on the above roads until the completion of the mobilization.
In case of application of additional traffic regulations, there will be a newer update.
The journalists are on a four-hour strike
A four-hour work stoppage from 10:00 to 14:00 was announced for journalists by POESY for Wednesday.
“On the completion of one year since the tragic accident in Tempe with the 57 dead and their families demanding justice and punishment of those responsible, while precision and obscene profit suck the income of workers and pensioners, public hospitals are collapsing and the lives of citizens are getting worse , the country’s journalists demand collective Labor Agreements with real salary increases, decent working conditions and to put an end to “obscene profit and accuracy”, emphasizes POESY.
According to the Panhellenic Federation of Editors’ Associations, “journalists support the fair struggle of farmers and support the struggle of health workers for upgraded hospitals, and students for public higher education”.
Air traffic controllers
As noted, in a related announcement, “the Board of Directors of the Union of Air Traffic Controllers of Greece invites its members to participate in the ADEDY 24-hour strike on Wednesday 28 February 2024 from 00.01 to 24.00.
During the strike, only the flights provided for by the current legal framework will be served”. As soon as the announced strike takes place, the airlines will cancel all the scheduled flights of the domestic and foreign network.
4 shipping unions declared a 24-hour strike
Ships departing on Wednesday, February 28 from the ports of Piraeus, Rafina and Lavrio are expected to remain tied up, due to a 24-hour strike by four shipping unions.
The strike mobilization of the unions of the Panhellenic Union of Merchant Marine Engineers (PEMEN), the Panhellenic Union of Merchant Marine Sailors (PENEN), the Panhellenic Union of Merchant Marine Engine Crews “O STEFENSON” and the Panhellenic Professional Union of Merchant Marine Cooks will begin at 00:01 in the early hours of Wednesday February 28th and will end at 12:00 midnight on the same day.
The shipping unions claim solutions to labor and pension issues, signing contracts with substantial increases and measures to be precise. “We are calling on all seafarers, in the ports of Piraeus, Rafina, Lavrio, not to miss the strike on February 28” they say in their statement. Echelons of PENEN will be in the three ports of Attica from 5:30 in the morning on 2/28/24 to guard the strike. At the same time, seafarers will gather in the port of Piraeus.
How will the mass media move?
On city buses and trolleys, there will be work stoppages from the start of the shift until 9:00 am. and from 21:00 until the end of the shift, according to the decision of the OASA Workers’ Union. The restoration of traffic is expected from 10:00 am. or later (vehicles leave the stations at 8:30 a.m.), while the last routes are expected to depart from the departure points around 8:00 p.m.
Also, a 24-hour strike will take place on the railways, including the Suburban of Athens and Thessaloniki, according to the decision of workers unions (Panhellenic Railway Federation, Panhellenic Traction Staff Union, OSE Employees Union, TRAINOSE Employees Union).
In the call of the Panhellenic Union of Traction Personnel (engine drivers), it announced that it is proceeding with mobilizations on February 28, the day of the one-year anniversary of the Tempi railway tragedy, asking for the full clarification of the causes.
A 24-hour nationwide strike was announced on Friday by the Board of Directors of the Panhellenic Federation of Railways and Fixed Track Vehicles “on the one hand as a sign of respect to the memory of the victims of the tragic accident in Tempe and on the other hand sending a message – a demand in every direction that for us Railwaymen above all and above all is the safety of passengers and employees”, as they point out in their announcement.
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