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Balkan Insight (21 September 2023)

Eleni Stamatoukou

Greeks went on strike and held street protests against a new controversial labour bill to make employment practices more flexible, which unions describe as an attack on workers’ rights, as the draft law was debated in parliament.

Protesters including union members and students gathered in Athens, Thessaloniki and other Greek cities to protest against a new labour bill which was being debated today on Thursday in the Greek parliament.

People rallied in Syntagma Square in central Athens, chanting slogans like “either their profits or our lives”. There was also a nationwide strike that disrupted public services.

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