Candorium Free Members
Join Candorium to access the full article and more
Free Member Benefits:
✔
Comment & Reply✔
Newsletter Access✔
Follow Authors✔
Share via SMS Go Back
Flights and ferries halted in Greece as unions call general strike
By AP News - Apr 09, 2025, 07:28 AM ET
Last Updated - Apr 09, 2025, 07:28 AM EDT
A nationwide 24-hour general strike in Greece is disrupting services across the country, with ferries tied up in port, flights grounded, public services shuttered and public transport only partially running as labor unions press for a return of collective bargaining rights
ATHENS, Greece (AP) — A nationwide general strike in Greece disrupted public services across the country Wednesday, with ferries tied up in port, flights grounded and public transportation running only part time as labor unions press for an end to lingering austerity measures imposed on Greece by international creditors a decade ago.
Thousands of protesters marched through the center of Athens in two separate demonstrations that ended peacefully.
Sponsored
The 24-hour strike was called by the two main umbrella unions covering the public and private sectors. They are seeking increases in salaries and a full return of collective bargaining rights which were scrapped as part of international bailouts during Greece’s financial crisis.
Commercial flights to and from Greece and between domestic destinations were cancelled from midnight Wednesday until midnight Thursday, while in the Greek capital buses, trolleys, trains, trams and the subway system were operating only for part of the day.
The country is currently battling a hike in the cost of living amid concern that global financial turmoil triggered by U.S. tariffs could lead to further hardship.
“The high cost of living is eating away at workers’ incomes, without any care from the government,” said a statement by the General Confederation of Workers of Greece, the private sector’s umbrella union, which added that a large segment of the country’s population spends more than 40% of its income on housing and heating.
The umbrella union for the public sector, known by its acronym ADEDY, called for wage increases and the return of holiday bonuses for civil service, which were equivalent to two months' salary before they were abolished as part of bailout austerity measures.
Sponsored
Read More from Investing
Popular News
Latest News
