An industrial action declared in Greece on Tuesday mostly affected mass transits systems in the greater Athens, as well as ferry boat service between several Aegean islands and the mainland, naftemporiki.gr reports.
Even though the strike included unions representing bank employees and civil servants, very little problems were reported, while most educators also normally reported to classes.
Union leadership is opposed to a draft development law tabled by the current government, especially provisions mandating that industrial actions are taken by a majority of affected due-paying members, and not by a majority of participants at an extraordinary general assembly.
Train users can expect to face further inconvenience on Thursday when the country’s rail workers go on strike, including the Proastiakos suburban railway line serving the Athens airport, ANA reports.
There was also a three-hour work stoppage affecting all public and private-sector mass media enterprises from noon until 15:00 on Tuesday.
The strike was decided by the Athens journalists’ union ESIEA and associated mass media-sector trade unions in protest against measures included in the government’s omnibus development bill that affect labour and state insurance rights and entitlements, such as control of unions and the implementation of collective labour agreements.
ESIEA objects to measures that is says undermine the arbitration mechanism for labour disputes and argues the bill reinforces flexible labour relations through the creation of ‘Special Economic Zones’ where “all labour rights are ‘legally’ abolished,” by allowing employers to draw up local contracts that supersede sectoral collective agreements.
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