The civil servants’ union federation ADEDY has called a strike on Wednesday, October 21, from 11:00 in the morning until the end of the day’s shift.
The strike action applies to all employees, regardless of their employment terms, in public-sector services throughout the country.
Supported by pupils and university students, the teachers unions have called for a 24-hour strike on Wednesday, October 21, throughout Greece and protest marches in major cities. So far, the union umbrella of the private sector GSEE has remained distanced to the mobilization. although it plans a strike sometime in November.
ADEDY called on public-sector staff to “unite their voices with those of teachers, university staff, students, pupils and their parents, who seek wage increases, real support for the work of teaching staff, safe schools, meeting children’s educational needs, public and free education.”
It also urges them to join in the action of public hospital doctors and pensioners who are demanding universal healthcare, large-scale hiring of permanent staff and higher wages.
Hailing the protests in France, the union said its demands include a reinstatements of the 13th and 14th salaries in the public sector, real protection against the rising cost of living, extensive hiring of permanent staff and decent working conditions in all public services, exclusively public and free education and health, with adequate funding and modern infrastructure that covers all needs, support for students and pupils and protection of worker and union rights.
Culture sector trade unions announce 24-hour strike on Wednesday
Several trade unions representing culture-sector workers have called a 24-hour strike on Wednesday, including those representing culture ministry permanent and contract staff, the union of Greek archaeologists, antiquities conservators and others.
A central strike rally outside the culture ministry on Bouboulinas Street is planned at 10:30 on Wednesday, with the unions seeking a meeting with the ministry’s leadership.
Protesters will then join a march with teachers, students and pupils.
Their demands include higher pay and the hiring of permanent staff, while they also oppose the outsourcing of responsibilities of the Organization for the Management and Development of Cultural Resources (ODAP) or the Archaeological Service to the private sector, or an public-law legal entity to manage underwater archaeological sites, among others.