There have been various smaller strikes and protests in demand of higher wages and better working conditions in recent weeks. Hospital Doctors went on 24-hour strike demanding new doctors to be hired and fill the many unmanned hospital positions. The Construction Workers Union of Athens ASTERAS held a series of strikes at one of the biggest construction sites, ASTERAS demanding collective agreements with better wages. Telecom Union of CYTA Hellas went on strike after the acquisition of CYTA by VODAFONE, demanding job security and a collective agreement for all workers and freedom of association. On 20 February buses in Athens went on a 6-hour work stop in order to join the general assembly of their union. The civil servants' union ADEDY plans a strike to protest the government's continuing austerity program.
Read on: in English (1) … in English (2) … in English (3) …
For more information, please contact the editor Jan Cremers or Nuria Ramos Martin, Amsterdam Institute for Advanced Labour Studies (AIAS) cbn-aias@uva.nl or the communications officer at the ETUI, Willy De Backer wdebacker@etui.org. For previous issues of the Collective bargaining newsletter please visit http://www.etui.org/E-Newsletters/Collective-bargaining-newsletter. Since June 2013 readers can consult our archive and search through all articles in our database at www.cbnarchive.eu. You may find further information on the ETUI at www.etui.org, and on the AIAS at www.uva-aias.net.
© ETUI aisbl, Brussels 2016. All rights reserved. We encourage the distribution of this newsletter and of the information it contains, for non-commercial purposes and provided the source is credited. The ETUI is not responsible for the content of external internet sites. The ETUI is financially supported by the European Union. The European Union is not responsible for any use made of the information contained in this publication.
This email is sent from www.etui.org.