“Greek Steelworks” (Elliniki Halivourgia) is a factory in Aspropyrgos, an industrial outskirt of Athens. The management of the factory announced its plan to the workers to enforce 5-hour working days with a subsequent pay cut of 40%, despite recorded year-to-year profit increase  of 30%. A General Assembly of the workers unanimously rejected the cuts, and [...]

In the middle of the greatest crisis in many decades, and ahead of an impeding winter, the municipality of Athens has executed a plan of removing the benches at Klauthmonos square. These benches were used as basic shelter by homeless people. The number of the homeless has this winter sky-rocketed to over 20,000 – an [...]

A 45-year old female cleaner at the Hotel Kornilios, near Thessaloniki, requested her legal easter pay from her boss, who responded by attacking and injuring her. The 45-year old was taken to the nearby Health Centre of Koufalia. The woman then sued her boss, who was arrested and will appear before a prosecutor. The website [...]

As announced by the ministry of education in Greece yesterday, 1.933 schools across the country will merge down to 877 (out of a total of approx. 16.000). As a result the jobs of approximately 4.000 teachers from the merged schools are under threat. The teachers’ union (OLME) called for a national strike on March 30th [...]