Juanjo Serrano, militant from the Catalan organization of the PCPE (PCP de Catalunya) and member of its Central Committee and two members of the CJC (JCP de Catalunya), are facing a trial in which each of them could be sentenced to three years and ten months in prison. The state prosecution claims three years and ten months in prison for three Spanish Communists, members of PCPE and the CJC. The prosecutor bases his request on the events that took place in Barcelona on 14 November 2007, on the occasion of the demonstration to protest the murder of a young anti-fascist in Madrid on November 11....
Monday, March 15, 2010
Tuesday, March 09, 2010
Worker unions are getting ready for the March 11 general strike
March 11 is a day of general strike in Greece declared by GSEE (the General Confederation of Greek Workers) and ADEDY (the Civil Servants' Confederation).
The Greek workers are reacting the government’s new law --and voted Friday—that raises Greece's top VAT rate to 21% from 19% [It was 18% 5 years ago], freezes public sector pensions, cuts civil service entitlements and bonus pay, while also raising taxes on fuel, alcohol and cigarettes.
"We are expecting a big turnout Thursday, there will be demonstrations in dozens of cities around Greece", said Andreas Petropoulos, spokesperson for ADEDY....
Monday, March 08, 2010
Greek FM announcement on new economic and fiscal measures
The Greek Government today announced a package of additional measures designed to safeguard the targets of the Stability and Growth Programme against macroeconomic and financial risks. The package includes permanent measures on both the revenue and expenditure sides of the budget, which together will contribute 2% of GDP, or 4.8 billion Euro. These measures are in addition to measures in the Stability Programme totaling 4% of GDP and measures recently announced by the Prime Minister totaling 0.5%. They signal the Greek Government's determination to ensure a sustainable fiscal path and...
Friday, March 05, 2010
March 11: Day of general strike
GSEE (the General Confederation of Greek Workers) - ADEDY (the Civil Servants' Confederation) decided to declare a general strike on March ...
Journalists Hold 24-Hour Strike
The Executive Board of the Athens Journalists Union (ESHEA) lashed out at the measures announced by the Greek government, calling for their abolishment as they blatantly affect crucial labour rights.
Therefore, ESHEA called a 24-hour strike on Friday protesting wages cuts. Ertonline will not be updated, as its journalists will join the strike called.
ERT news online will be disrupted from 06:00 on Wednesday, February, 24 till 06:00 Thursday, February, 25 after ERT and POSPERT trade unions decision to take part in GSEE strike action requesting protection of employees labour, financial and social...
Strikes and Demonstrations
Protesting the tough measures announced by the government, the Greek workers decided to escalate their reactions.
The ADEDY public sector union is staging a demonstration in central Athens at 6pm on Thursday. ADEDY and GSEE will hold work stoppages on Friday. Unions are considering rescheduling the 24-hour strike they had initially called on 16 March and hold it in the coming week. Primary and secondary school teachers will go out on strike on Friday.
The Movement of the Reogranisation of the KKE 1918-55 released a poster against the goverment's meseaures and started distributing it in all major...
Tuesday, March 02, 2010
Greek public sector union to strike March 16
ADEDY (the Civil Servants' Confederation) called a new 24-hour strike for March 16 to protest against new austerity measures expected from the government to tackle the country's debt crisis.
At the same time the Primary Schools Teachers' Association, DOY, called for a 48-hour strike for March 8 and 9. ADEDY will support with a 4 hours strike on March 8.
ADEDY is calling GSEE (the General Confederation of Greek Workers) to coordinate for a common struggle.
The Movement for the Reorganisation of the KKE 1918-55 supports both strikes and calls people tpo participate. No tolerance for all...
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