Bank workers to join GSEE strike and rally on Thursday

The bank workers’ union OTOE on Monday announced that its members will join in the three-hour strike and rally being held in Attica next Thursday by the General Confederation of Employees of Greece (GSEE) umbrella trade union group.

The strike will be held between noon and 15:15, with a rally taking place at Klafthmonos Square at 13:00.

OTOE said its rally was a reaction to new measures introduced by the 2011 state budget and it demanded that jobs be preserved, measures to lower unemployment and protection of the institution of collective labour agreements, including a sector agreement for the banking sector.

Power company union to participate in Nov. 25 work stoppage

A union representing Public Power Corp. (PPC) employees announced on Monday its participation in the General Confederation of Workers of Greece’s (GSEE) three-hour work stoppage in the Attica prefecture on Thursday between 12-3 p.m.

Garbage strike launched by union

The local government workers’ union POE-OTA has called two 24-hour nationwide strikes, starting on Monday, while on Tuesday members will hold a rally outside the ministry of finance in Athens.

In a meeting to be held on Tuesday, the union will decide its future stance.

Union demands include the signing of a collective work contract and the hiring of 500 workers through ASEP (state agency responsible for public employment) — a process that froze due to the signed EU-ECB-IMF memorandum.

Meanwhile, tons of garbage is pilling up on the streets in all major cities across Greece as a result of the strike, launched last Friday.

Municipal rubbish collectors, also participating in the strike, will be picking up only refuse of hospitals and open-air produce markets.