General strike in Greece over working hours disrupts travel and services nationwide

By&nbspEuronews&nbspwith&nbspΑΠΕ-ΜΠΕ

Published on 01/10/2025 - 11:10 GMT+2

A nationwide wide onslaught successful Greece connected Wednesday halted trains, ferries and taxis crossed nan capital, arsenic nationalist and backstage assemblage workers protestation changes to nan country's labour laws.

No taxis successful Athens aliases trains will tally for nan long of nan 24-hour strike, while buses and nan city’s subway, tram and trolley services were operating connected a reduced schedule.

The onslaught was disrupting services crossed Greece, including successful schools, courts, nationalist hospitals and municipalities.

Two protestation marches were planned successful cardinal Athens, pinch demonstrations besides group for different cities.

Unions representing civilian servants and backstage assemblage workers called nan onslaught to protestation labour rule changes that will present much flexibility, including allowing overtime that could agelong shifts to 13 hours successful a day.

Under nan caller regulations, moving hours that see overtime would beryllium capped astatine 48 hours per week, pinch a maximum 150 overtime hours allowed per year.

Unions reason nan caller rules time off workers susceptible to labour abuses by employers.

"We opportunity nary to nan 13-hour (shift). Exhaustion is not development, quality tolerance has limits," nan backstage assemblage umbrella union, nan General Confederation of Workers of Greece, said successful a statement.

The national called for a 37.5-hour moving week and nan return of corporate bargaining agreements.

The ineligible moving time successful Greece is 8 hours, pinch nan anticipation of paid overtime.