The ADEDY civil service confederation called a 24-hour strike on 20 May in support of the strike action in the health sector organised by the POEDHN trade union. The protest was in defence of the health service, calling for adequate funding for free health service for all, for an end to privatisation and for recuperation of pay cuts for health workers.
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