This morning there was a protest in Syntagma Square by the seasonal firefighters of the Union of Contract Firefighters of Greece demanding, among other things, the gradual absorption of all seasonal employees of the fire service regardless of age into the list of runners-up, prescribed personal protective equipment, as well as equal health insurance with the rest of the P. WITH. during the working period.

Firefighters wearing black armbands in mourning for those killed in the Tempi train accident gathered at Syntagma from 11:00 am and began a silent protest, observing a minute of silence. “Pick me up when you arrive. Bon voyage, Nikita – 28.2.23,” read one of the banners carried by the gathering and was dedicated to the memory of their colleague, the deputy firefighter from Thessaloniki, who served in the 2nd fire department of Athens, Nikita Karathéodorou, who lost his life in a fatal accident in Tempe.

“We went to the demonstration peacefully and in relation to everyone we will make demands and make our demands. We declare that personal protective equipment with established characteristics, equal to health insurance during the period of work in the fire department, and we state in a possible announcement that should not be left unattended due to age restrictions, that is, be considered suitable in both beige and and in blue. “, Stefanos Gatsiouras, president of the Greek Association of Contract Firefighters, told APE-MPE.

Then the firefighters proceeded to the entrance to the Parliament on Vasilisa Sofiyskaya, where they completed the assembly.