May 1 in Greece: General strike – everything is closed

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May 1 successful Greece it is not a holiday, but Labor Day, which means strikes. In the tradition of a wide strike, employees and workers successful the backstage and nationalist sectors will take to the streets to request much rights and higher incomes.

Trade union associations ADEDY (ΑΔΕΔΥ – Higher Administration of Trade Unions of Civil Servants) and GSEE (ΓΣΕΕ – General Confederation of Workers of Greece), representing the nationalist and backstage sectors, announced 24 hr strike passim Greece. Workers signifier nationalist meetings and protest rallies.

Everything is closed

This means that public services, shops, schools, banks will stay closed. Supermarkets will besides stop operating. Will stay unfastened only bakeries, pastry shops and some mini-markets. Enterprises catering and amusement industry besides work arsenic usual. In addition, the pursuing will beryllium closed:

All authorities agencies
Mail
City halls and different section authorities.
Most media.

Trade union demands:

Public sector: betterment 13th and 14th salaries (Christmas, Easter and vacation bonuses), hiring imperishable staff.
Private sector: corporate labour agreements, measures against high outgo of living And housing crisisa just tax system, improved healthcare, acquisition and justice.
Pensioners will articulation the protests, the Federation of Pensioners announced IKA (ΙΚΑ – Social Insurance Institute).

Public transport strike

Ferries and ships will stay successful ports for 24 hours, said Panhellenic Federation of Sailors. Vessels will not run voyages from 00:01 connected Thursday, May 1 until 24:00 connected the aforesaid day.
Panhellenic Federation of Railways and Transport announced 24 hr strikedue to which trains, including Proastiakos (suburban line), will not work
Metropolitan, metropolis train, 24 hr strike
Buses and trolleybuses from 9 americium to 9 pm.
Buses and trolleybuses will tally from 9:00 to 21:00. Workers are participating successful a strike with traffic stops from the start of the question until 9:00 americium and from 21:00 until the extremity of the question (00:00). Buses typically run connected commuter lines operated by the Attica Public Transport Consortium.

The cognition of vehicles will statesman gradually aft the extremity of the strike astatine 9:00 am, and their phased removal to the depot will statesman earlier 21:00.
Intercity buses KTEL run arsenic usual connected May 1st.
Taxis will besides run arsenic usual.

Those who bash not enactment successful protests traditionally be taverns successful agrarian areas oregon festivals organized by municipalities.

How is this paid?

According to Law 4468/2017, May 1 is simply a mandatory holiday. Work is permitted lone successful those enterprises that Officially unfastened connected Sundays and holidays.

Workers receiving regular wages are entitled to their regular regular wage positive a 75% increment thereto.

Employees with monthly salary businesses operating under exceptional circumstances connected May 1 are entitled to 1/25 of their regular wages positive a 75% bonus for hours worked. Businesses that legally run connected Sundays and nationalist holidays: Employees are entitled to a 75% bonus to 1/25 of their regular wage for hours worked.

It is noted that combining labour relations with weekends is not allowed.