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Greece Labour Law Overhaul Sparks Union Fury [Greek City Times] 08-07-2025

Greece Workers say ‘No’ to 13-hour day [The News Line] 05-07-2025

Greece Unions speak out after government pushes for 13-hour workday [Euronews] 03-07-2025

Greece Greece Has Second-Highest Rate of Working Poor in EU [GCT] 20-06-2025

Greece Seafarers Arrested During Strike in Patras [Greek City Times] 20-06-2025

Greece EFJ supports journalists’ national strike [EFJ] 12-06-2025

Greece Bank Employees Stage Nationwide Strike Over Dismissals [Greek City Times] 23-05-2025

Yemen / Greece Murad al-Sudani met Greek Unions in Athens [Saba] 21-05-2025

Greece More work, but less output [ekathimerini] 21-05-2025

Greece TADAM launches Media Edukathon in Athens [IFJ] 16-05-2025


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Labour Law Overhaul Sparks Union Fury 2025-07-08 [Greek City Times]

Workers say ‘No’ to 13-hour day 2025-07-05 [The News Line]

Unions speak out after government pushes for 13-hour workday 2025-07-03 [Euronews]

Thousands demonstrate in Greece against imperialist war 2025-06-25 [WFTU]

Seafarers Arrested During Strike in Patras 2025-06-20 [Greek City Times]

Greek Maritime Turmoil That Suspends Major Ferry Operations 2025-06-20 [TTW]

Greece Has Second-Highest Rate of Working Poor in EU 2025-06-20 [GCT]

EFJ supports journalists’ national strike 2025-06-12 [EFJ]

Bank Employees Stage Nationwide Strike Over Dismissals 2025-05-23 [Greek City Times]

More work, but less output 2025-05-21 [ekathimerini]

Greece Murad al-Sudani met Greek Unions in Athens 2025-05-21 [Saba]

Public Sector to Hold Work Stoppage on June 6 2025-05-19 [Greek City Times]

Fire Leaves Hundreds of Migrant Farm Workers Homeless 2025-05-18 [GR]

Greeks logged longest working hours in the EU in 2024, says Eurostat 2025-05-16 [The Herald]

TADAM launches Media Edukathon in Athens 2025-05-16 [IFJ]

Workers Rally Across Greece in Nationwide May Day Strike 2025-05-02 [Grekk City Times]

Greece How to reconstruct the labour movement on the basis of class struggle – the experience from Greece For more info 2025-04-29 [PV]

Report Greece national general strike 9th April 2025-04-11 [WFTU]

Total impunity persists on fourth anniversary of Giorgos Karaivaz murder 2025-04-10 [EFJ]

Thousands protest in Athens as strike over wages halts ships, plans and trains 2025-04-10 [Reuters]

Europe Letter of Solidarity with GSEE’s Nationwide General Strike in Greece 2025-04-09 [EESC]

Nationwide strike as unions demand wage hikes, cost-of-living relief 2025-04-09 [Kathimerini]

Flights and ferries halted in Greece as unions call general strike 2025-04-09 [Kathimerini]

Strike on 9 April: What applies to Metro, buses and suburban trains – Who is participating in Wednesday’s mobilisations 2025-04-09 [ProtoThema]

Europe Commission must listen to workers on general strike in Greece 2025-04-09 [ETUC]

Europe Solidarity with POEET and Greek Workers Striking for Their Future 2025-04-09 [EFFAT]

Italy All you need to know about Easter Travel Turmoil 2025 due to strikes in Italy and Greece 2025-04-08 [Mathrubhumi]

Strike: Country Comes to a Standstill on April 9 2025-04-08 [Tovima]

Greece: New national general strike April 9th 2025-04-08 [WFTU]

Air traffic controllers to join 24-hour strike on April 9 2025-03-31 [Kathimerini]

Strike gathering at the Ellinikon Construction site following a workplace accident 2025-03-24 [ProtoThema]

ADEDY and GSEE Declare Strike April 9 2025-03-19 [Toivma]

Document of the National Meeting of PAME 2025-03-18 [PAME]

Unions from the private and public sectors call for feminist strike on 8 March 2025-03-07 [The Press Project]

Colossal General Strike Rallies Take Place Throughout Greece! 2025-03-03 [The News Line]

Transport Workers Strike for Justice and Railway Safety on Tempi Disaster Anniversary 2025-03-03 [ETF]

VIDEO  Rallies for Tempi in Athens 2025-03-02 [VRGreece]

As anger mounts over rail disaster in Greece, workers strike and thousands join protests 2025-02-28 [CP]

Transport Workers Join Strikes to Mark Two Years Since Tempi Tragedy 2025-02-26 [Greek City Times]

Flights cancelled ahead of 24-hour strike in Greece 2025-02-25 [Business Travel News]

February 28 National General Strike 2025-02-25 [PAME]

Journalists and Health Workers Stage Nationwide Strike Over Labour Rights 2025-02-18 [Greek City Times]

Country-wide Strikes Scheduled for February 18, 19 2025-02-17 [Tovima]

Greece general strike February 28th -call for solidarity 2025-02-17 [WFTU]

Workers condemn attacks on the Ombudsman after explosive report on Pylos shipwreck that killed 560 migrants 2025-02-09 [Tovima]

Only five out of every eight women are employed 2025-01-30 [Kathimerini]

Protest at McDonalds Athens 2025-01-29 [WFTU]

Food industry workers strike on January 30th for Collective Labor Agreement 2025-01-28 [FreshPlaza]

Call Center Workers Strike Over Union Busting, Surveillance, and Unfair Working Conditions 2025-01-15 [Greek City Times]

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