Greece
The ADEDY civil service confederation has called a national strike on 22 April as part of its continuing campaign against government imposed cuts to the pay and conditions of public sector unions. The union argues strongly that its members should not pay for the crisis and also criticises the European Union for the way it has intervened in the Greek situation.
Read more at > ADEDY (EL)
The ADEDY civil service confederation has warned of further strike action in March or April in protest at cuts to public sector pay and pensions. ADEDY joined with the GSEE private sector confederation in a general strike on 11 March. Following a two-day strike on 16-17 March, energy workers have threatened another 48-hour strike unless the government withdraws a 7% pay cut and 10% cut in pensions. Read more at > Reuters (EN) And at > ADEDY (EL)
The FP-CGIL public services federation along with the three other federations in the private waste sector (FIT-CISL, UIL TRASPORTI and FIADEL) are planning two further days of strike action on 16 and 17 January following the well-supported one-day strike on 29 November last year (epsucob@NEWS 20, December 2011). A central demand in the dispute is maintenance of the sector agreement, which is under threat as a result of demands to liberalise the industry. Read more at > FP-CGIL (IT)
The KESK public services confederation ways it will organise a national day of strike action on 19 December unless the government responds to its demands in relation to the Budget for 2014. The confederation is highly critical of the government's policies on labour law and outsourcing of public services. It argues that public service workers face low pay and precarious working conditions made worse by the extensive sub-contracting of many services. The confederation is call for a TL 300 (€108) pay rise for civil servants, along with improvements to pensions and action to defend the position of
