US EditionGreece sees 2nd general strike this month as unions protest new labor law
Thousands of workers from multiple sectors strike and rally to oppose the bill that unions say legalizes over-exploitation and threatens work-life balance, with no trains running during the protest.
- On October 14th, 2025, ADEDY and the Athens Labor Center called a 24-hour strike with mass rallies at Syntagma Square moving toward Parliament.
- Unions say the proposed labor bill would allow 13-hour shifts and undermine the eight-hour workday, timing the strike with the parliamentary debate and vote Wednesday.
- Public transport operated on reduced schedules, with metro, tram and suburban rail running 9:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m. and buses and trolley buses from 9:00 a.m.–9:00 p.m., while rail routes and ferries were suspended.
- Thousands of demonstrators marched through Athens in the second nationwide strike this month, with hospital doctors and journalists demanding withdrawal of the bill, pay increases, collective bargaining, and a 35-hour week.
- As parliament prepares to debate and vote this week, the Greek government says reforms boost flexibility and protect employees, while unions warn the bill would erode rights amid low wages.
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Greek MPs to vote on 13-hour workday bill amidst mass strike
In Greece, workers went on strike to protest a controversial labour reform bill that would introduce a 13-hour workday. Deputies are set to vote on the draft law, which is expected to pass, on October 15, 2025. Nearly 10,000 workers took to the streets in Athens in a general strike that has disrupted public services, including transport, schools, courts and hospitals.
It would lead to a maximum of 13 hours a day: the unions and activists do not like it, but it will probably be approved.
Greece to approve 13-hour workday
Greece's parliament on Wednesday was to approve a reform allowing workers to work 13-hour days under exceptional circumstances, drawing fire from unions and opposition parties.The new law is expected to be passed by parliament, where the ruling conservatives have 156 MPs in the 300-seat chamber.Unions have staged two general strikes against the reform this month,...
Greece is on a general strike on Tuesday, two weeks after a first movement, in protest against a reform of the Conservative government which introduces the possibility, under certain conditions, of a working day of 1 p.m.
The unions are calling for a strike and mobilization on Tuesday 14 October against a bill, which provides that an employee may work up to 13 hours a day for additional remuneration.
A 24-hour stoppage paralyzes public transport in Athens in rejection of a reform that the opposition calls "medieval"
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