Athens Labor Center: The May Day strike and rally on Holy Wednesday – Newsbomb – News

Officially from the Ministry of Labour, the May Day holiday has been moved to Easter Tuesday, May 7.

The Labor Center of Athens invites the trade unions and workers of Athens, the unemployed, pensioners, young men and women to 24-hour General Strike, announced by the GSEE, for Labor Day, Holy Wednesday, May 1 and at the Union Meeting at 11 am. in Klathmonos Square.

It is recalled that the unions are calling for a strike on May 1st, while officially by the Ministry of Labour, the May Day holiday has been moved to Easter Tuesday, May 7.

As the EKA states: “We pay tribute to Labor Dayto the struggles of the workers who lost their lives in the bloody Chicago riots, fighting for social justice, human and labor rights.

May Day 2024 finds the country’s workers facing an unprecedented living crisis for another year. Punctuality, social poverty, restriction of labor rights, precariousness and insecurity in workplaces are the dominant consequences of the applied policies.

That is why we fight for a better present and future for us and our children. Without accuracy, social poverty, job insecurity and inequalities. On this historic day, we unite our voices and all together give a competitive, strike-like presence to the call of the unions on Wednesday May 1st. We strike and demonstrate demanding the abolition of all anti-labor provisions that lead to the strangulation of collective and individual labor rights, a minimum wage corresponding to the needs of workers, free trade union activity without employer interventionism”