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POLICE swooped to arrest trade unionists at a picket line yesterday as a national strike by Greek telecommunications workers entered its 14th day.
Workers at the Greek Telecom OTE — owned by the German company Deutsche Telekom — are demanding a single collective trade union agreement and improved terms and conditions.
The All-Workers Militant Front (PAME) trade union organisation said that management of the company had failed to break the strike despite numerous attempts.
The biggest strike in global history is a template for our future. The silence tells you all you need to know, writes CLAUDIA WEBBE
One hundred years after 1.7m workers shut the country down in defence of the miners, the struggles that sparked the 1926 General Strike are still with us – and will be honoured on London’s May Day march this year, writes MARY ADOSSIDES
A past confrontation permanently shaped the methods the state will use to protect employers against any claims by their employees, writes MATT WRACK, but unions are readying to face the challenge
Labour’s watered-down legislation won’t protect us from unfair dismissal or ban some zero-hours contracts until 2027 — leaving millions of young people vulnerable to the populist right’s appeal, warns TUC young workers chair FRASER MCGUIRE