Strike action

Aegean Airlines and its subsidiary Olympic Air have canceled all scheduled domestic and international flights on Thursday following the decision of air-traffic controllers to join a 24-hour nationwide strike.

A protest march in Athens on March 3 over the deadly train crash near the city of Larissa. Photo: EPA-EFE/ALEXANDROS BELTES

They are also demanding that journalists be allowed to do their jobs without interference from media owners who usually have their own business agendas.

Other demands listed in a joint statement include better working conditions and salaries.

Pharmacists in Attica have announced a four-hour work stop on Wednesday in support of the strike called in the aftermath of the Tempe railway disaster.

Pharmacies will close from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., the Attica Pharmaceutical Association said.

Their counterparts in Thessaloniki said they would strike from 11:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.

Transport workers in Athens have revised the hours they will work on Wednesday, when private-sector union ADEDY has called a 24-hour strike.

Lines 2 (Red) and 3 (Blue) of the Athens metro will operate from noon until 4 p.m., while Line 1 (Green) will run from 11 a.m. until 5 p.m.

Buses and trolleys will remain in depots and not operate, due to the strike.

The Panhellenic Union of Tug and Lifeguard Crews has announced on Friday two further 48-hour strikes to follow the strike on February 8-9 called by the umbrella union of Greek Seamen, PNO. Specifically, the Tug and Lifeguard Crews union will participate in the 48-hour strike called by PNO, and will then go on strike from Friday, February 10.

Performing artists and art students ‒ some banging drums, playing trumpets and dressed in clown outfits ‒ gathered outside Parliament Thursday during a strike that closed theaters, halted TV shoots and disrupted art school classes.

Teachers and train drivers dominate a fresh round of UK-wide strikes Wednesday aimed at securing pay rises that would ease a cost-of-living crisis caused by soaring inflation.

Large disruption to education and commuter travel is anticipated in the latest mass stoppages by public and private sector workers as the government and company bosses stand firm over wage demands.

Thousands of workers in Cyprus, including government employees, teachers and builders walked off the job Thursday for an island-wide, three-hour work stoppage to protest what they claim is employers' backpedaling on a deal for inflation-linked pay increases.

The strike initiated by the United Metal Workers Union at the factory of Schneider Energy in the northwestern province of Kocaeli's Çayırova has been postponed for 60 days by a presidential decree.

Thousands of ambulance workers held another strike across England and Wales yesterday, in escalating industrial action as unions called the government to hold talks on improving pay and conditions.

Ambulance workers began strike action on December 21 last year and further dates are planned for February.