Showing posts with label work. Show all posts
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Sunday, April 25, 2021

Musicians and Art Workers Protest Rally in Athens, Greece



Hundreds of Art Workers rally in the center of the Greek capital on Sunday 25 April 2021, to highlight the plight of the music industry during the current pandemic. Actors, musicians, dancers and people from the entire spectrum of the art scene protest to put pressure on the government to give more support to self-employed artists, as theaters and music venues remain closed.

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Thursday, May 25, 2017

Delivery workers strike and hold a motorized protest through Athens

Motorbike couriers and delivery workers on motorcycles launched a 24-hours strike, and hold a protest ride through #Athens on Thursday.
Hundreds of couriers and food delivery workers drove their motorcycles and scooters ahead of Parliament in downtown Athens to protest low wages and demand corporate motorbikes, protection equipment, a collective bargain that will secure payments including overtime as well as social security stamps for ‘unhealthy professions’ and the introduction of their professional description as “Motorbike Driver-Courier.”
It is estimated that around 30,000 people work as couriers and in food delivery in Attica area alone. Workers say they are underpaid and that most of them have no insurance.
Athens Greece 25 May 2017.




Video: Delivery workers strike in Greece & hold a protest ride through Athens


Text in Greek language:
 Μεγάλη απεργιακή μοτοπορεία από τους διανομείς.
Η Συνέλευση Βάσης Εργαζομένων Οδηγών Δικύκλου γνωστοί ως διανομείς ή ντελιβεράδες, πραγματοποίησαν το πρωί της Πέμπτης συγκέντρωση και μεγάλη μοτοπορεία στην Αθήνα που ξεκίνησε από το Πεδίον του Άρεως. Τα αιτήματά τους, εταιρικό μηχανάκι, μέσα ατομικής προστασίας, ένσημα βαρέα και ανθυγιεινά και ενιαία ειδικότητα. Αθήνα 25 Μάη 2017.









Tuesday, May 6, 2014

Greek Protesters Scuffle with Police over Massive Layoffs

Athens, Greece, 6 May 2014.
School guards, teachers and cleaning stuff scuffled with Police today outside the Ministry of Reforms, during a protest over massive layoffs and over "labor reserve scheme" in public sector.


Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pKB0CQf2Z2Y


Αθήνα 6 Μαΐου 2014.
Για τους απολυμένους "καθαρίζει" η Αστυνομία.
Ένταση και σπρωξίματα από την αστυνομία με τις ασπίδες εναντίον καθηγητών, σχολικών φυλάκων και καθαριστριών κατά την διάρκεια διαμαρτυρίας για την διαθεσιμότητα και τις οριζόντιες απολύσεις. Η ένταση προκλήθηκε έξω από το Υπουργείο Διοικητικής Μεταρρύθμισης, όταν οι αστυνομικοί επιτέθηκαν στους συγκεντρωμένους με σπρωξίματα με την δικαιολογία ότι θέλουν να ανοίξουν ακόμα μια λωρίδα στο δρόμο. Οι συγκεντρωμένοι αντέδρασαν έντονα επικρίνοντας το έργο της αστυνομίας. Ακολούθησε πορεία με δυναμικά συνθήματα μέχρι το Υπουργείο Οικονομικών στο Σύνταγμα.

«Όλοι μαζί ενώνουμε τις δυνάμεις μας ενάντια στις απολύσεις της δικομματικής κυβέρνησης και της τρόικας που καταργούν την αξιοπρέπεια των εργαζομένων και εξαθλιώνουν τις οικογένειές μας και όλο τον ελληνικό λαό» σημειώνει από την πλευρά του ο Σύλλογος Φυλάκων Σχολικών Κτηρίων Δήμου Αθηναίων.
«Ήδη από τις 25 Απριλίου 2014, η συντριπτική πλειοψηφία των σχολικών φυλάκων πέρασαν το κατώφλι της ανεργίας και της ανέχειας αποδεικνύοντας πως εξαρχής ο στόχος της κυβέρνησης δεν ήταν ούτε η αναβάθμιση των δημόσιων υπηρεσιών, ούτε η κινητικότητα. Μόνος στόχος ήταν οι μαζικές οριζόντιες απολύσεις δημοσίων υπαλλήλων στο βωμό των επιταγών της τρόικας» σημειώνει σε ανακοίνωσή της η ΠΟΕ-ΟΤΑ.



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Thursday, April 17, 2014

Life in nylon residences of Manolada one year after the shootings



Manolada , West Greece , March 15, 2014
 A year after the bloody attacks of the farm supervisors, who shot at 33 Bangladeshi farm workers in Manolada, when they protested because they had not been paid for seven months, nothing is better in the nylon residences of laborers.
Furthermore things have developed worse for them, since they continue to be, not only unpaid over a year, but also hungry and without work . "I do not have food , I do not have electricity , I do not have clean water, no bathroom, they do not pay me , I do not have papers and the police arrest me all the time " they are heard saying while living at crowded sheds in awful conditions.
On 14 and 15 March 2014 , about 100 laborers from Bangladesh protested in Manolada their living conditions, while police was present. They wrote on a banner they held : « April 17th , black day for the workers in the strawberry fields of Manolada ." So then , on Wednesday, April 17, 2013 , around 6 pm, in Manolada , 200 Bangladeshi laborers who work in a Greek strawberry farm, were shot by three representatives of employers when they protested because they had not been paid for seven months. Eight of them were seriously injured.
Even now a year later, they say they are still unpaid.
Although the jobs were publicly announced last year after the shooting , no Greek laborers were interested to work in strawberry farms.
Footage was shot on 15 March 2014.

Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pg2o9tin0zo


Ένα χρόνο μετά τα αιματηρά επεισόδια με τους πυροβολισμούς στις καλλιέργειες φράουλας της Μανωλάδας δεν έχει καλυτερεύσει η ζωή της νάιλον παραγκούπολης των εργατών γης.
Επιπλέον τα πράγματα είναι χειρότερα γι΄ αυτούς, αφού εξακολουθούν να είναι όχι μόνο απλήρωτοι πάνω από χρόνο αλλά και χωρίς εργασία και πεινασμένοι . «Δεν έχω φαγητό, δεν έχω ρεύμα, δεν έχω νερό, δεν έχω μπάνιο, δεν με πληρώνουν, δεν έχω χαρτιά και η αστυνομία με συλλαμβάνει» λένε μέσα από τις παράγκες τους, όπου νέοι άνθρωποι με όρεξη για δουλειά ζουν κάτω από άθλιες συνθήκες.
Στις 14 και 15 Μάρτη 2014, περίπου 100 εργάτες γης από το Μπαγκλαντές διαμαρτυρήθηκαν για τις συνθήκες που ζουν ενώ στο πανό έγραψαν: «17th April Black Day for Manolada Strawberry Workers» «17η Απριλίου, μαύρη μέρα για τους εργάτες στα φραουλοχώραφα της Μανωλάδας». Τότε λοιπόν, την Τετάρτη 17 Απριλίου 2013, γύρω στις 6 μμ , στην Μανωλάδα , 200 Μπαγκλαντεσιανοί εργάτες γης, οι οποίοι εργάζονται σε γεωργική επιχείρηση Έλληνα, δέχθηκαν πυροβολισμούς από τρεις εκπροσώπους του εργοδότη (επιστάτες) όταν ζήτησαν τα δεδουλευμένα επτά μηνών. Ακόμα σήμερα ένα χρόνο μετά, εξακολουθούν να είναι απλήρωτοι. Ας μην ξεχνάμε ότι για τις θέσεις εργασίας που είχαν δημόσια προκηρυχτεί πέρυσι μετά τους πυροβολισμούς, ουσιαστικά κανένας εργάτης ελληνικής καταγωγής δεν είχε ενδιαφερθεί για να στελεχώσει την ντόπια παραγωγή της φράουλας.
Η καταγραφή του βίντεο έγινε στις 15 Μαρτίου 2014.
Μανωλάδα, Ηλεία, 15 Μαρτίου 2014.





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Tuesday, November 12, 2013

Greece: Dismissed cleaning staff protest during troika's meeting in Athens



Athens, Greece, November 12, 2013.
The cleaning staff from the Ministry of Finance who were recently dismissed as part of the administrative reforms in the public sector protest and clash with Police during Troika's meeting with Minister Yannis Stournaras.


 The protesters attempt to enter the building when they notice that the troika representatives are arriving but were pushed away by Police Forces.

Video:
Protesters hold a banner that reads:
"Cleaning industry for the individuals,
cleaning staff kicked out in the streets.
Ministry of Finance."
Protesters say that even though they are getting paid with only 500 Euros every month, the Ministry of Finance chooses to dismiss them and give the work to individual agencies.
During the seconds 00:08 - 20:00 protesters can be heard to shout in Greek: "Go away, go to your country, murderers!".



Αθήνα 12 Νοεμ. 2013.
Σε συγκέντρωση διαμαρτυρίας που έκαναν οι απολυμένες καθαρίστριες υπηρεσιών του υπουργείου Οικονομικών, αποδοκίμασαν την έλευση των στελεχών της τρόικας που κατέφτασαν για τη συνάντηση στο ΥΠΟΙΚ και επιχείρησαν να μπουν στο κτίριο, αλλά απωθήθηκαν από αστυνομικές δυνάμεις.

"Όσοι άκουσαν τα συνθήματά τους και τις είδαν παρατεταγμένες απέναντι στα πάνοπλα ΜΑΤ (τουλάχιστον δύο αστυνομικοί για κάθε γυναίκα!) μαντεύουν ότι πριν περάσει πολύς καιρός οι στρατιές των πεινασμένων θα πολιορκούν υπουργεία και άλλα δημόσια κτίρια, όχι επειδή θα τις καθοδηγεί το ΚΚΕ, ο ΣΥΡΙΖΑ ή κάποιο άλλο κόμμα, αλλά γιατί θα τις οδηγεί η απόγνωση..."



Dismissed cleaning staff from the Ministry of Finance attempt to enter the building as Troika representatives arrive for the meeting with Minister Yannis Stournaras.
Dismissed cleaning staff from the Ministry of Finance protest shouting slogans during Troika's meeting with Minister Yannis Stournaras.
Dismissed cleaning staff from the Ministry of Finance protest shouting slogans during Troika's meeting with Minister Yannis Stournaras.
Dismissed cleaning staff from the Ministry of Finance protest shouting slogans during Troika's meeting with Minister Yannis Stournaras.
Dismissed cleaning staff from the Ministry of Finance protest shouting slogans during Troika's meeting with Minister Yannis Stournaras.
Poul Thomsen (IMF) leaves the meeting while dismissing the protest by the former cleaning staff of the Ministry of Finances in Athens, Greece.


Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2HhDSnzraPA







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Tuesday, August 28, 2012

In pictures: Wine grapes are harvested in Attica - Greece

The harvesting of wine grapes has begun for the season in Attica, the largest winemaking region in Greece. Wine grapes are hand-picked and then carried for desteming, the first stage of wine production.




Worker starts harvesting grapes early in the morning, in a vineyard situated in Stamata in Attica, the wider region of the Greek capital.

Worker harvesting "merlot" grapes with his hands, in a vineyard situated in Stamata in Attica, the wider region of the Greek capital.

Worker harvesting "merlot" grapes with his hands, in a vineyard situated in Stamata in Attica, the wider region of the Greek capital.

Worker starts harvesting grapes early in the morning, in a vineyard situated in Stamata in Attica, the wider region of the Greek capital.

Worker starts harvesting grapes early in the morning, in a vineyard situated in Stamata in Attica, the wider region of the Greek capital.

Worker carries grapes in a vineyard situated in Stamata in Attica, the wider region of the Greek capital.

Grape variety named "merlot" for producing red wine, in a vineyard situated in Stamata in Attica, the wider region of the Greek capital.

Worker carries grapes in a vineyard situated in Stamata in Attica, the wider region of the Greek capital.

Worker carries grapes at the time of the vintage, in a vineyard situated in Stamata in Attica, the wider region of the Greek capital.

Worker carries grapes at the time of the vintage, in a vineyard situated in Stamata in Attica, the wider region of the Greek capital.

Worker harvesting "merlot" grapes with hands, in a vineyard situated in Stamata in Attica, the wider region of the Greek capital.

Worker harvesting "merlot" grapes with his hands, in a vineyard situated in Stamata in Attica, the wider region of the Greek capital.

Workers harvesting "merlot" grapes with hands, in a vineyard situated in Stamata in Attica, the wider region of the Greek capital.

Worker harvesting "merlot" grapes with hands, in a vineyard situated in Stamata in Attica, the wider region of the Greek capital.

Workers harvesting "merlot" grapes with their hands, in a vineyard situated in Stamata in Attica, the wider region of the Greek capital.

The grape variety named "merlot" is used for producing red wine.

Grape variety named "merlot" for producing red wine, is being carried for stemming to Papagiannakos Winery in Markopoulo.

Cages with grapes are emptied to the mechanical destemmer in the Papagiannakos Winery in Markopoulo.

Cages with grapes are emptied to the mechanical de-stemmer in Papagiannakos Winery in Markopoulo -Attica.

Stems coming out of the de-stemmer.

The extraction is pumped to vessels, which are tanks made of stainless steel, for fermentation, in the Papagiannakos Winery in Markopoulo.

Vasilis Papagiannakos, the third generation of family winemakers, Papagiannakos Winery, since 1919, seen while inspecting the process of wine making.


The harvesting of wine grapes has started in Attica, the largest winemaker region in Greece. Wine grapes are hand picked and after they are carried for destemming, the first stage of wine production.
In order to make red wine, after destemming, the grapes are lightly crushed.
The extraction that is obtained is a mixture of grapes, skins, juice and seeds, which is now referred to as must. The must is then pumped to a vessel, often a tank made of stainless steel or concrete, for fermentation.

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