“Handbrake” in the middle of a fixed trajectory M. Wednesday

Her participation in 24-hour nationwide strike announced by the G.S.E.E. for M. Wednesday, May 1, the Panhellenic Federation of Railways and Fixed Track Means decided unanimously.

The participation will take place in the context of Labor Day, paying tribute to the dead workers of CHICAGO who claimed labor rights by sacrificing their lives to improve the lives of future generations, throughout time.

This year’s May Day finds workers and retirees facing an unprecedented crisis of living, fighting for a decent life, fighting for the self-evident as conquests of years are affected, in almost all levels of our lives.

As they state in a statement, “That is why we are all called to continue our struggle more vigorously for dignity, equality, for a life without job insecurity, without punctuality, with respect for health, education, our social security rights, the our income, our conquests.

Stop the impoverishment of workers.

As workers we will fight for the productive reconstruction of the country against the applied benefit policies.

The requests

• Direct recruitment of permanent staff with stable work.
• Restoring the free negotiations of our Collective Bargaining Agreements.
• Increases in wages to deal with the crisis and the cost of living.
• Re-operation of the railway network throughout Greece.
• Upgrading rolling stock.
• Complete restoration of the infrastructure – facilities affected by the natural disasters (e.g. Volos Factory, etc.).
• Better working conditions everywhere.
• Complete clarification and rendering of justice for the tragic accident in TEMPI.
• The Panhellenic Federation of Railways and Fixed Track Vehicles
  and all Railwaymen, will not stop demanding and asking for Public,
  Safe, Quality Railway for employees and passengers.

We participate in 24-hour general strike on WEDNESDAY MAY 1, 2024and
WE INVITE our Member Unions, the Railway Workers, to be actively present at the gathering of the GSEE in Klathmonos Square (Athens), at 11.00 am, as well as at the gatherings that will be held by the local Labor Centers and Federations of the country.