Greece Strike LIVE: Greek Workers Go on Strike Demanding Higher Salaries

Greece Strike LIVE: Greek Workers Go on Strike Demanding Higher Salaries

Thousands of workers marched in Athens on Wednesday (November 20) to demand better pay and living standards, participating in a general strike that docked ships and disrupted rail and bus services across Greece. Doctors, teachers, builders and transport workers from Greece's biggest private and public sector unions joined the walkout, as the government submitted its final 2025 budget to parliament. Many Greeks saw their wages and pensions slashed in return for bailouts worth 280 billion euros ($297 billion) during the debt crisis, which shaved a quarter off Greece's economic output and nearly pushed the country out of the eurozone. Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis' centre-right government has raised the minimum monthly gross wage four times since taking power in 2019, to 830 euros, and has promised to raise it to 950 euros by 2027. It has also increased pensions. But Greeks say the rises are not enough as energy, food and housing costs continue to outpace salary and pension increases.

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