Eva Soumeli

In January 1999, the Athens Labour Centre held a seminar on the conservation of Attica's forests. This environmental initiative is the first such action undertaken by a Greek trade union organisation

On 11 January 1999, Greece's GSEE trade union confederation invited employers' organisations to begin negotiations on the introduction of a 35-hour working week without a reduction in pay in the private sector. The invitation was also communicated to the Speaker of parliament and the competent

This record reviews 1998's main developments in industrial relations in Greece

Greece's GSEE and ADEDY trade union confederations called a 24-hour nationwide general strike on 15 December 1998, so that workers in the public and private sectors could express their opposition to government policy, and put forward their demands in view of the new Budget, which was due to be voted

In November 1998, workers at the Hellenic Railways Organisation (OSE) began a series of strikes to voice their disapproval of a bill presented by the Ministry of Transport on "regulation of OSE-related matters".

September 1998 saw Greece's first enterprise-level agreement introducing the 35-hour week without a reduction in pay, at the Hochtief building concern.

In September 1998, Greece's Confederation of Public Servants (ADEDY) held a meeting on the subject of health and safety in the public sector, which highlighted a number of obstacles in the way of improvements.

An attempt by management at Halivourgiki, Greece's largest steel mill, to change working hours led in October 1998 to new clashes with workers, following a dispute in 1997.