Pame

Without metro, electric railway, tram, trains – How buses and taxis will operate, traffic regulations in the city center

Beginning from 9:30 measures for the center of Athens – 10:30 PAME at Syntagma, 11:00 the General Confederation of Greek Workers (GSEE) at Syntagma – Ships are docked at the ports in support

Unprecedented in the last three decades: Total traffic collapse in Germany VIDEO

Members of the United Services Trade Union Ver.di (Vereinte Dienstleistungsgewerkschaft) and the railroad workers' union are on strike. The strike affected all intercity rail traffic, almost all city traffic as well as most airports. The strike also covers maritime traffic in Germany as well as highways.

Downtown Athens and Thessaloniki gridlocked by marches and transport strikes

Downtown Athens and Thessaloniki were turning into a motorist's nightmare on Tuesday, as unions gathered at central public squares and public transport workers joined a nationwide general strike in protest at social security reforms being implemented by the center-right government.

PAME union announces protest rally ahead of TIF opening

Greek Communist-affiliated trade union PAME on Thursday announced a rally for September 7, ahead of the opening of Thessaloniki's annual International Fair (TIF).

The union accuses ruling New Democracy of implementing measures that undermine labor rights, following the "anti-labor legacy" of leftist SYRIZA.

The rally will be held on central Aristotelous square, at 6 p.m.

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