Posted on 28 July 2012. Tags: after, ends, month, Steel, strike, worker
Workers at the Hellenic Steel Industry’s (Elliniki Halyvourgia) plant at Aspropyrgos decided to suspend their strike on Saturday, which has been ongoing for nine months. With 115 votes for ending the strike, 14 against and 29 blank votes, the general assembly of the workers’ union decided the full re-opening of the Aspropyrgos plant as of [...]
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Posted on 21 July 2012. Tags: clash, Hellenic, police, Steel, strikers
Clashes broke out early Friday morning between police and protesting Hellenic Steel Industry (Elliniki Halyvourgia) workers at the industry’s Aspropyrgos plant. The gate of the unit reopened at 5.30am, after nine months of workers’ strike, on orders of the prosecutor and the intervention of a strong police contingent. Nine people were taken in for questioning [...]
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Posted on 20 July 2012. Tags: 7/21/2012, break, Front, intervene, Page, plant, police, Riot, Steel, strike
Scuffles broke out between riot police and protesters yesterday when a prosecutor was dispatched to reopen the Halyvourgia steel plant in Aspropyrgos, western Attica, following a nine-month strike by workers that had effectively closed down the… Full News here – Kathimerini English
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Posted on 16 July 2012. Tags: bleak, future, looks, plant's, Steel
Labor Minister Yiannis Vroutsis received a 24-hour extension until Tuesday morning in his attempt to strike a deal with union representatives for workers at the Halyvourgia steel plant and avert the shutdown of one of the country’s few remaining industrie… … Full News here – Latest News
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