22 - 23 March 2012

LONDON

A delegation of EKA, consisting of Giota Bisila, Member of the Executive Committee of EKA and Christina Theochari, Head of the International Relations Department, visited London on the 22 and 23 of March 2012 at the invitation of SERTUC and GLATUC.

The delegation informed the International Relations Committee of SERTUC during a special meeting under the title:  ”Greece – The struggle against austerity”, about the problems that the Greek workers face, about the unemployment and the situation in our country related to labor rights, living and working conditions  after the implementation of the austerity measures.

The members of the Committee expressed their solidarity to the Greek workers and to the Greek people suffering, they informed about the participation of the U.K. Labor Unions at the mobilizations that took place during the recent period in the UK regarding the situation in Greece, and they expressed their fears that similar austerity measures are imminent in their country due to the general neo-liberal policy pursued by the E.U.  Governments at this stage.

The delegation met also the representatives of the PCS Culture, Media and Sport Occupational Association Union, and participated in a meeting for the presentation of a research carried out by of SERTUC regarding  women’s participation in Union activities.

 EKA's  representative speach (word) (pdf)

The presentation (pdf)

29 fevrier 2012

Journee d' action Europeenne contre les mesures d' austerite

Le 29 Février 2012, une  délégation EKA  composée par  John Sarantis, Secrétaire des Relations internationales et publiques et Christina Theochari, Chef du Département des Relations Internationales de  EKA, a visité à l'invitation de la CGT Ile-de-France, Paris et a participé à la centrale manifestation organisée sous la journée  Européen d'action contre les mesures d'austérité de  la Confédération Européenne des Syndicats (CES).  A la place de la Bastille a eu lieu  les discours des représentants des syndicats français. Il a également été l’ intervention de EKA. Puis a suivi une mars massif jusqu’ à la place de la Nation. Les collègues français et les participants à la manifestation ont exprimé leur solidarité avec les travailleurs grecs, les chômeurs, les retraités et les personnes défavorisées en général, qu’  ils paient cher la crise.

(doc) (pdf)

La video