Greek workers strike on 20 February
On 20 February the Greek trade union federations GSEE and ADEDY have called for a 24-hour general strike. The strike is against the government’s move to abolish general coverage of industrial collective bargaining agreements. The unions call for a new national general collective bargaining agreement after the current one expires on 30 March. The decision to strike was taken on 31 January. January was dominated by the nine-day strike of the subway workers over wages, and the government’s use of “civil mobilisation orders” to order the strikers back to work. Other transportation workers struck...