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GREEK health workers could take further strike action after a 24-hour stoppage demanding increased funding of the public health system and an end to lay-offs ended yesterday.
Thousands of workers in public hospitals and other sectors walked out with large protests in the capital Athens, Thessaloniki and other cities.
They were protesting against the government’s “criminal policies” which they say are turning health into a commodity.
Activists will urge MPs to protect the five-year settlement route and cut visa costs, warning reforms risk deepening inequality and labour shortages, says HARSEV BAINS
PHILIP ENGLISH says military spending will not create the jobs young people need — instead, build an economy based around needs, not profit
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