Journalists' Union of the Athens Daily Newspapers

Due to the ongoing strike organized by the Athens Daily Newspaper Journalists' Union (ESIEA), Kathimerini English Edition will only cover news about Wednesday's 24-hour strike by Greek labor unions and feature articles previously published in Tuesday's print edition.

Greek journalists are holding a 24-hour strike on Tuesday to protest the employers' refusal to sign collective labor agreements in privately owned media, low wages and a threat to plurality, their unions said. 

The Athens Daily Newspaper Journalists' Union (ESIEA) has granted honorary membership to journalist and Wikileaks co-founder Julian Assange, it announced on Thursday.

The union is participating in an initiative of the Italian journalists union FNSI, which has been adopted by the European Federation of Journalists, an affiliate of the International Federation of Journalists.

The Athens subway and tram will only operate from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., while buses will run from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m.
There will be no suburban train services, and air traffic controllers and seafarers will participate in the strike, reports Kattimerini. The Athens Journalists' Union (ESIEA) announced that journalists will commence striking earlier today.

The Journalists’ Union of Athens Daily Newspapers (ESIEA) decided to allow internet journalists-employees to be eligible to apply for membership in the union. The union’s board met and decided to initiate the process of registration to its registrar for employees and journalists in news and information sites.

The Athens Journalists' Union (ESIEA) has called a 24-hour strike for Tuesday to protest the impact of cutbacks on the journalists' union fund, EDOEAP, as well as recent job cuts across the sector.

Journalists in Greece are holding a 24-hour strike on Wednesday as part of an action called by the country’s two major unions – the Greek Workers Association ADEDY and the National Confederation of Greek Workers GSEE.

There will be no news from 6 a.m. local time on Wednesday to 6 p.m. on Thursday.

There will be a Greek Media blackout on Thursday, November 12, from 6 a.m. on Thursday, November 12, through to 6 a.m. on Friday, November 13, as part of a generl strike scheduled by the country’s private and public sector unions.

Proto Thema will not be sending news stories out during this time, along with other print, TV, radio and internet media services.

The Athens journalists? association ESIEA said on Friday that it planned to meticulously investigate claims by Greece?s former representative at the International Monetary Fund, Panayiotis Roumeliotis, according to which unidentified Greek journalists attended ?seminars? organized in Washington by the Fund and by the European Commission.

The Panhellenic Seamen’s Union (PNO) said on Wednesday that it would join a general strike on November 27 by the country’s two main labor unions, ADEDY and GSEE, meaning that ferries will remain moored across the country on that day.

PNO objects to the government’s tax policy and is pressing for the signing of a new collective labor contract.