Significant difficulties are expected for passengers today due to work stoppages announced by employees in public transport. The mobilizations are taking place within the framework of the 24-hour strike declared by the Athens Labor Center (EKA), ADEDY and PAME, targeting the new labor bill expected to be voted on in Parliament tomorrow, Wednesday October 15.
October 14 strike: How public transport will operate – Limited routes for buses and trolleys, metro, ISAP and tram schedule
Buses and trolleys will operate from 09:00 in the morning until 21:00 in the evening, to facilitate the movement of strikers to the rallies. Workers from the OASA Employees Union and the ILPAP-OSY Employees Union are conducting work stoppages from the start of their shift (05:00) until 09:00 and from 21:00 until the end (00:00).
By joint decision, STASY unions announced that the Metro (Lines 2 & 3), ISAP (Line 1) and Tram will operate from 09:00 to 17:00, to facilitate strikers’ travel to the rally taking place at 11:00 in the morning at Syntagma Square.
Detailed schedules:
Metro Line 1 (Piraeus – Kifissia): stations will open at 9 am and last trains will depart:
- from Kifissia and Piraeus at 16:35,
- from Monastiraki towards Kifissia at 16:51 and towards Piraeus at 17:09,
- from Omonia towards Kifissia at 16:54 and towards Piraeus at 17:07,
- from Attiki towards Kifissia at 16:59 and towards Piraeus at 17:02.
Metro Lines 2 & 3: stations will open at 9 am and last trains will depart:
- from Syntagma towards all directions at 17:00,
- from Anthoupoli towards Elliniko at 16:42,
- from Elliniko towards Anthoupoli at 16:39,
- from Dimotiko Theatro towards D. Plakentias at 16:33,
- from D. Plakentias towards Dimotiko Theatro at 16:39,
- from Airport towards Dimotiko Theatro at 16:19,
- from Dimotiko Theatro towards Airport at 15:42.
Tram Line 7:
- first train will depart from Asklepieio Voulas at 09:31 and the last at 15:19,
- first train will depart from Agia Triada at 09:54 and the last at 15:43.
Tram Line 6:
- first train will depart from Pikrodafni at 09:15 and the last at 15:24,
- first train will depart from Syntagma at 10:05 and the last at 16:14.
Tram Lines 6 & 7 (with connection at Pikrodafni):
- first train will depart from Syntagma towards Asklepieio Voulas at 10:05 and the last at 15:29,
- first train will depart from Asklepieio Voulas towards Syntagma at 09:31 and the last at 14:55,
- first train will depart from Agia Triada towards Syntagma at 09:54 and the last at 14:55,
- first train will depart from Syntagma towards Agia Triada at 10:05 and the last at 15:11.
OASTH also informs passengers that workers will conduct work stoppages from the start of their shift until 9 am and from 9 pm until the end of their shift.
Trains and suburban railway halted – Maritime workers and journalists join mobilizations
No services will operate across the entire rail network, including suburban railway lines, as Hellenic Train announced participation in the 24-hour strike by the Pan-Hellenic Railway Federation.
Maritime unions PEMEN and PENEN have also declared a strike, opposing what they describe as the government bill that “legitimizes 13-hour work days.” The strike is expected to affect departures and arrivals of cruise ships, container vessels and tankers.
Finally, media workers are participating with a four-hour work stoppage from 11:00 to 15:00, following a decision by the Pan-Hellenic Federation of Journalists’ Unions and its member unions (ESIEA, ESIEMTH, ESIEPIN, ESIEThStEE, ESPYT).
Athens city center closes down
EKA and ADEDY have scheduled a protest rally at Syntagma Square at 11 am, while half an hour earlier at 10:30, PAME members will gather at Propylaia.
“We call on all public sector workers to give massive, decisive presence at the strike and rallies across the country aiming for the withdrawal of the bill for 13-hour work days,” ADEDY’s announcement states, emphasizing that “the measures announced by the Prime Minister at the Thessaloniki International Fair constitute provocation and mockery: No real increase is provided for civil servants, beyond a 2% reduction in tax rate – meaning 100 to 200 euros per year, crumbs compared to inflation and relentless taxation.”
GSEE in its announcement calls “every worker to participate in the 24-hour strike mobilization by the Athens Labor Center on Tuesday, 14/10 and the rally it organizes at Syntagma at 11 am. Specifically:
“Against 13-hour work days and further flexibilization of our working conditions
For full restoration of free collective bargaining framework, the only path for radical improvement of workers’ terms and compensation
For reduction of working hours now!”
