In addition to GSEE, the Executive Committee of ADEDY has also decided to declare a 24-hour nationwide strike for October 1st. In its decision, ADEDY sets demands such as:
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- Restoration of 13th and 14th salaries and pay increases
- Collective labor agreements in the public sector
- Abolition of the new disciplinary law
- Withdrawal of the bill for 13-hour workdays and demand for 35-hour and five-day work week for all employees
As ADEDY states in its announcement, “the government measures announced by the Prime Minister at the International Trade Fair of Thessaloniki constitute yet another mockery for thousands of public sector employees, for whom no pay increase was announced, beyond the 2% reduction in tax rate, meaning 100 to 200 euros per year”.
“The strike, already declared by the General Confederation of Greek Workers (GSEE) for the same day, highlights the common interests of workers in both public and private sectors and makes the strike general,” ADEDY notes, among other things.
Who’s shutting down on October 1st
The Executive Committee of GSEE unanimously decided to recommend to the Full Board the implementation of a 24-hour nationwide strike for Wednesday, October 1, 2025. This is the first session after the Trade Fair, which also serves as an assessment of that specific period.
GSEE, as stated in the relevant announcement, “demands the withdrawal of the Labor Ministry’s draft law that imposes, among other things, 13-hour workdays for the same employer and simultaneously demands:
Collective agreements for all
Reduction of working time to 37.5 hours per week, as a foundation upon which work quality can be built
The working world clearly shows its disappointment and anger over the government’s legislative initiatives. A package of measures with dual targeting: on one hand, further flexibilization of work serving very specific employer interests, and on the other, weakening collective bargaining. Disappointment that was further reinforced by the dismissiveness shown by the Prime Minister himself in his speech, in which he mentioned nothing substantial about work, only vigorously defending the establishment of 13-hour workdays.
The Prime Minister’s announcements, instead of focusing on substantial tax reform with dividend taxation and indexation of the tax scale, instead of announcing a comprehensive plan to address high prices, chose to announce anemic measures through communication gimmicks.
