With the strike announced by the Panhellenic Federation of Railways and Stationary Means, it practically means that the means of fixed track, i.e. Railway, Suburban, metro, tram and electric, are on strike. Still officially ST.SY. they haven’t announced anything officially, which will happen in the next few days.
The announcement in detail:
The Panhellenic Federation of Railways and Fixed Track Vehicles unanimously decided to participate in the 24-hour nationwide strike announced by the G.S.E.E. for M. Wednesday 1 May 2024.
We honor Labor Day by paying tribute to the dead workers of CHICAGO who fought for labor rights by sacrificing their lives to improve the lives of generations to come, forever.
This year’s May Day finds workers and retirees facing an unprecedented crisis of living, fighting for a decent life, fighting for the self-evident as conquests of years are affected, in almost all levels of our lives. That is why we are all called to continue our struggle more vigorously for dignity, equality, for a life without job insecurity, without punctuality, with respect for health, education, our social security rights, our income, our conquests . Stop the impoverishment of workers. As workers we will fight for the productive reconstruction of the country against the applied benefit policies.
As Railwaymen we continue to demand and request:
Direct recruitment of permanent staff with stable work.
Restoring the free negotiations of our Collective Bargaining Agreements.
Increases in wages to deal with the crisis and the cost of living.
Re-operation of the railway network throughout Greece.
Upgrading rolling stock.
Complete restoration of the infrastructure – facilities affected by the natural disasters (e.g. Volos Factory, etc.).
Better working conditions everywhere.
Complete clarification and rendering of justice for the tragic accident in TEMPI.
The Panhellenic Federation of Railways and Fixed Track Vehicles and all Railwaymen will not stop demanding and asking for a Public, Safe, Quality Railway for workers and passengers.
We are participating in the 24-hour general strike on WEDNESDAY MAY 1, 2024, and WE CALL our Member Unions, the Railway Workers, to be actively present at the GSEE gathering in Klathmonos Square (Athens), at 11.00, as well as at the gatherings that will be held against places Labor Centers and Federation of the country.
They disagree on the transfer of May Day to Easter Tuesday, expressed in announcements by GSEE and ADEDY stating that for the Trade Unions May Day is a day of strike and not a transferred holiday.
In this context, GSEE invited all workers, pensioners, unemployed, to the 24-hour General Strike for Labor Day on Wednesday May 1st and to the union rally, at 11.00 am, in Klathmonos Square and to the rallies of the Labor Centers .
GSEE: Strike on May 1st
Specifically, GSEE points out the following:
“With the motto “Every eight hours, everywhere rights, the struggle continues!”, we fight for peace, democracy, justice, dignity, equality, respect for labor rights and labor conquests.
We face the consequences of precision and profiteering, skyrocketing living, housing and energy costs every day.
We require:
Respect for our value and personality.
Respect for our health and safety.
Respect for labor income.
Respect for our fundamental individual & collective labor rights.
Respect for our social security rights.
Together for the collective and individual rights of workers, social justice and world peace”.
The announcement of ADEDY
The Executive Committee of ADEDY calls on public sector workers to vigorously “attend” the strike and the strike gatherings that will take place on Wednesday, May 1, 2024, throughout the country.
The ADEDY strike gathering in Athens will take place at 11:00 am. in Klathmonos Square.
May 1st is a symbol in the struggle of workers around the world for better working conditions. It is a day of remembrance and honor for those who sacrificed, who fought heroically for our conquests.
The struggles of the workers of Chicago, and later, achieved with sacrifices the establishment of the 8-hour day, social security, the defense of maternity, regular leave, trade union rights, Collective Labor Agreements, but also access to social goods, free Health, Education, Culture services.
These conquests of the workers have been targeted by the government of New Democracy, since, with the anti-labor bills it passed in the Parliament, it abolished the 8-hour working day, the Collective Agreements, as well as our right to strike. He privatized supplementary insurance and EFKA and drastically reduced spending on Health and Education, at a time when the pandemic is galloping and we have so far mourned thousands of dead.
It dissolves, thus, the three pillars of the welfare state: Health, Education, Social Security.
The large strike mobilization of February 28 sent the message to the government that the workers in the country are fighting to demand real increases in their wages and not mock increases like those given for 2024.
The mobilizations of the workers will continue on May Day and with the 24-hour strike on May 21,” ADEDY points out and lists the main demands, which are as follows:
“Increases in salaries immediately 10%.
Restoration here and now of Gifts and in the State.
Abolition of the 2% unemployment levy.
Unfreezing of the 2016-2017 salary scale.
Tax-free at 12,000 euros.
Increase and extension of hazardous and unhealthy work allowance.
Recruitment of permanent staff, to cover the thousands of organizational gaps that exist in the State, especially in the fields of Health, Education, Social Security, etc.
Supporting the NHS with generous funding.
Repeal of the Hatzidakis Law (L. 4808/21).
At the same time, we say no to the privatization of public organizations and agencies.”
May 1 strike: Chaos in the country’s ports – How long will the ships be tied up?
The ships will remain tied up on May 1st as the Panhellenic Maritime Federation has decided to participate in the pan-Hellenic – all-labor 24-hour strike announced by the GSEE.
The strike that concerns all categories of ships nationwide will begin at 00.01 in the morning on Wednesday 1-5-2024, and will end at 24.00 of the same day.
“The Sailors once again this year pay tribute, respect and memory to the emblematic day that literally changed the course of history and is identified and intertwined with the diverse struggles of all Workers in our country and throughout the world” he says in his statement, the trade union of the sailors.
PNO calls for the absorption of all unemployed seafarers, the elimination of black uninsured work, the implementation of Collective Labor Agreements in all categories of ships and the immediate abolition of all anti-labor provisions.
He also points out that a barrier must finally be put in place to the continuous violation of the legal hours and employment limits of the Marines, the reduced organizational compositions must be immediately abolished and new ones established that really meet modern needs.
He also considers the upgrading of medical care to be imperative and immediate.
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