24-hour strike will bring Athens to a standstill today: No metro, buses, electric train or trams

Athens will be without public transportation today as the workers are participating in a 24-hour strike, which was announced by the Athens Labor Centre on Tuesday.

At the same time today, the Athens Urban Rail Transport (STASY) and the Road Transports Company (OSY) appealed to the Court of Justice, requesting that the strike announced by the STASY Employees’ Union be declared illegal.

The management of STASY noted that “the legal conditions for declaring a strike have not been met” and that due to the notification of the decision of the Unions yesterday at noon, the hearing did not take place and will instead take place this morning.

“We apologise in advance to the traveling public for the inconvenience and difficulties they will encounter during their journeys,” STASY announced.

The decision of the Unions was announced yesterday at noon and therefore it was not possible to hear the company’s appeal within the day or before the start of the mobilisation.

It is recalled that the workers decided to strike on September 21 for 24-hours, which was announced by the Athens Labor Centre (EKA) in an extraordinary meeting in view of the passing of the draft law on transportation companies in parliament.

September 21 is the day for the passage of the Ministry of Finance’s bill for transportation workers who, as they say, are “affected by the bill in question”.

Athens Urban Transport Organisation (OASA) will also participate in the strike, as a result of which buses and trolleybuses will not operate for 24 hours, while the metro will also not operate on all three of its lines.