American literature

A postage stamp featuring the portrait of American author Maya Angelou - one of the most prominent writers in American 20th century Literature, has been printed out across the ocean.

Maya Angelou came into fame after her authobiographic book I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, where she addressed the issue of racism in the Southern states.

A week after HarperCollins stunned the literary world with news that Harper Lee is publishing a second novel, controversy rages about whether the reclusive, 88-year-old novelist is of sound mind.
      

"To Kill a Mockingbird" will not be Harper Lee's only published book after all.
     

The union representing municipal workers, known by its acronym, POE-OTA, on Thursday called on its members to walk off the job in the week leading up to general elections on January 25 as a protest against the fact that a large number of municipal staff are not eligible for the bonus employees are usually paid for working in election periods as they have pending debts to the state.

Administrative Reform Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis on Wednesday accused the union representing municipal workers, POE-OTA, of resisting the government’s attempts to review the contracts of local government employees who had their fixed-term agreements made permanent almost a decade ago.

POE-OTA, the union representing Greece’s municipal workers, has called for a work stoppage starting 11.30 a.m., across the country on Wednesday. A protest rally has been planned for noon outside the Ministry of Administrative Reform on Vas. Sofias Avenue.

As Supreme Court prosecutor Efterpi Koutzamani ordered a preliminary investigation into five mayors who are refusing to cooperate with the government over civil service evaluations on Monday, the union representing local authority workers, POE-OTA, called on employees to occupy city and town halls in protest at the proposed reform.

The municipal workers' union (POE-OTA) and the Ministry of Culture workers’ union (POE-YPPO) on Thursday staged a protest rally outside the Ministry of Administrative Reform.

Employees were protesting the government’s evaluations scheme in the public sector as well as changes in the conversion of short-term contracts to permanent contracts.

The union representing local authority workers, POE-OTA, is planning to protest outside the Administrative Reform Ministry in central Athens on Tuesday to mark one year since the first public servants were placed in a labor reserve scheme which led to some of them losing their jobs.

The rally will start at 12.30 p.m.

American author and poet Maya Angelou, whose groundbreaking memoir "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings" earned her international acclaim with its unflinching account of rape and racism in the segregated South, died on May 28 at age 86.