The workers went on strike for Tuesday, March 28. metro Athens (lines 2+3).

The Athens Metro Workers’ Union (SELMA) says it’s a warning. 24 hour strike on issues hindering the implementation of the fixed-line transport project (STA.SY.) and the daily service of 1.5 million passengers.

Issues raised by SELMA

1. Shortage of 847 employees: drivers, technicians, stationmasters and specialized railway personnel.
2. Lack of new trains and spare parts of trains and materials of the railway infrastructure of the network.
3. Failure to comply.
4. Assignment and state recognition of railway professions and specialties to all railway employees.
5. Updating and revision of the regulations for work on wires and work in the network of all STA.SY lines.

“We put them above their responsibility, and it would be especially interesting if government officials answered us whether the demands of the workers would be completely legal and fair, or if they would once again take pity on the neck and consider us unfair and illegal. that we claim to keep passengers safe through our strike,” the related announcement reads.

And he concludes: “In the midst of a gloomy environment of international banking collapse and war in the heart of Europe, the flames of the French uprising with lightning speed spread the ascension of the workers to the heights of the tasks set for them by history. It is high time for us railroad workers, in line with the demands of the French workers and after the tragic accident at Tempe, to highlight the consequences of privatization policies, anti-labor laws on insurance, on labor contracts, on poverty and unemployment, which now threaten the entire planet.