The POE-OTA union of local government employees has announced a nationwide walkout between 8am and noon and a 9am demonstration for Friday outside the Supreme Court, on the day when a critical employee appeal against the government’s ambitious suspension plans is examined.
At the same time, school wardens from Alexandroupoli and northern Greece are mobilizing and planning a motorcade to Athens on the 13th of February. Previously the school wardens march from Thessaloniki to Athens in demonstration of their suspension. The school wardens are protesting against the suspensions, dismissals, privatizations, the changes to the welfare state and the presence of the troika.
As the 8-month suspension period comes to an end in March, many suspended public sector employees face dismissal. It is estimated that about 2,000 suspended civil servants will face dismissal in March in order to fulfill troika obligations for 2014.
