Greek workers on walked Wednesday off the work in 24 hours general strike over What are they call A worsening crisis of rising Shrinking prices and incomes, resulting in a major halt public Transportation and school disruptions public Hospitals.
The two largest labor unions in the country – accounting for about 2.5 million public And the private Sector workers – called general The strike is expected to reach its climax in protests in Central Athens and others main cities.
strike left Ferries connected to and from the Greek islands up in port and left Athens without a subway, tram, trolley or suburban railway, while buses were running run for 12 hours from 9 am
condition-run Hospitals used to treat emergencies only as health care workers joined Strike and demand an increase in salaries and take action to address it rising the prices.
Greece came out a decade ago of financial Problem in 2018 only for coronavirus pandemic global Travel deadlocked after two years, hurting the vital tourism industry.
Now, the prices are rising of Energy and some supermarket goods such as flour, which has been exacerbated by sanctions against Russia since then invasion of Ukraine in February, further damage was done to the workers’ pockets.
“in order to last 14 years, workers bear the burden of A deep crisis that affected income and life of General Union said of Greek workers unionknown by the acronym GSEE, referring to the Greek financial The crisis that started in late 2009 and left Depends on the country on international rescue operations for a decade.
“With the passage of years, the crisis is constantly exacerbating, and the burdens remainOur rights are diminishing. We strike and demand government Take measures here and now.”
The annual rate of inflation in consumer prices in Greece rose to -25year Average of 7.2% in February on The back of rising Energy, housing and transportation costs.
The government It has spent about 3.7 billion euros ($4 billion) since September to ease the burden of Rising energy and fuel costs for Farmers, families and businesses.
For striking workers, measures are not enough.
GSEE said in March suggested a 13% increase. in Minimum gross monthly wages to €751 due to high inflation.
The conservative government Raising the minimum wage by 2% to 663 euros in January promised Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis secondan increase greater than May 1.
Greek workers on walked Wednesday off the work in 24 hours general strike over What are they call A worsening crisis of rising Shrinking prices and incomes, resulting in a major halt public Transportation and school disruptions public Hospitals.
The two largest labor unions in the country – accounting for about 2.5 million public And the private Sector workers – called general The strike is expected to reach its climax in protests in Central Athens and others main cities.
strike left Ferries connected to and from the Greek islands up in port and left Athens without a subway, tram, trolley or suburban railway, while buses were running run for 12 hours from 9 am
condition-run Hospitals used to treat emergencies only as health care workers joined Strike and demand an increase in salaries and take action to address it rising the prices.
Greece came out a decade ago of financial Problem in 2018 only for coronavirus pandemic global Travel deadlocked after two years, hurting the vital tourism industry.
Now, the prices are rising of Energy and some supermarket goods such as flour, which has been exacerbated by sanctions against Russia since then invasion of Ukraine in February, further damage was done to the workers’ pockets.
“in order to last 14 years, workers bear the burden of A deep crisis that affected income and life of General Union said of Greek workers unionknown by the acronym GSEE, referring to the Greek financial The crisis that started in late 2009 and left Depends on the country on international rescue operations for a decade.
“With the passage of years, the crisis is constantly exacerbating, and the burdens remainOur rights are diminishing. We strike and demand government Take measures here and now.”
The annual rate of inflation in consumer prices in Greece rose to -25year Average of 7.2% in February on The back of rising Energy, housing and transportation costs.
The government It has spent about 3.7 billion euros ($4 billion) since September to ease the burden of Rising energy and fuel costs for Farmers, families and businesses.
For striking workers, measures are not enough.
GSEE said in March suggested a 13% increase. in Minimum gross monthly wages to €751 due to high inflation.
The conservative government Raising the minimum wage by 2% to 663 euros in January promised Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis secondan increase greater than May 1.