Today the European Federation
of Journalists (EFJ), the European group of the International Federation of
Journalists (IFJ) supported journalists on strike in Greece against the
austerity measures.
Journalists and media workers
in Greece are to hold a 24-hour strike on May 11, taking part in the general
strike declared by the country's unions in protest to the government's new
round of austerity measures.
Journalists in Greece ask
colleagues in Europe and all over the world to support their struggle for:
- The signing of adequate collective agreements
- The renewal of a collective agreement (effective as of the year 2009) at the
public broadcaster ERT
- The protection of labour and pension rights of all media workers in all media
outlets. All layoff schemes should be abandoned and all job positions should be
maintained
- The end of salary cuts at the
public broadcaster, the national news agency and the municipal broadcaster
- The continued operation of
municipal media
- The
extension of labour and pension rights and benefits to journalists working for
online media.
The strike - the seventh one
since the beginning of the year - is organized by the Panhellenic Federation of
Journalists' Unions (POESY) and will start at 6am on Wednesday, May 11, ending
at 6 am on Thursday, May 12.
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