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The Union of Thessaloniki City Transport Employees person announced their 24 hr Strike connected May Day.
The merchandise states that the Thessaloniki transport employees volition onslaught unneurotic to “honour the pioneer fighters of the labour movement, each those who sacrificed passim clip for the large and ineffable rights of our class”.
The purpose of the onslaught is to explicit the union’s absorption to “labour policies of governments, poorness and the continuous shrinking of labour rights.
The papers details the strike’s schedule: nary autobus services from 5:00 AM to 8:00 PM, with constricted operations earlier and after, reflecting a communal maneuver by Greek unions to maximise disruption portion adhering to ineligible minimum work requirements. An organisation of workers volition instrumentality spot astatine the Thessaloniki Labour Center astatine 10.30am, wherever a march volition follow.
The national demands are arsenic follows:
- Signing a caller corporate labour agreement
- Maintaining and expanding the nationalist quality of transportation
- Making contractual colleagues imperishable who screen fixed ongoing needs successful the organisation
- Recruitment of imperishable staff
- Improving wellness and information conditions astatine work
May Day, besides known arsenic Workers’ Day oregon International Workers’ Day, is observed by galore countries worldwide to commemorate struggles of workers successful the labour movement. May Day strikes person agelong been portion of Greece’s contented of syndicalism, arsenic seen successful the 2024 wide onslaught affecting nationalist transport nationwide.
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