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17//06/2013

The ETUC joins Turkish trade union calls for an end to violence

The European Trade Union Confederation (ETUC) is deeply concerned at threats by the Turkish authorities “to repress” strikes and peaceful demonstrations called for by Turkish trade union organisations protesting at mass arrests and police violence against peaceful demonstrators in Istanbul.

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12//06/2013

The Unions’ response to closing down ERT –public television and radio broadcasting – is a 24-hour general strike. The GSEE and the ETUC express solidarity with ERT employees.

After the shock decision by the Greek government to shut down the Hellenic Public Radio-television, ERT, the Greek General Confederation of Labour (GSEE) Executive Committee decided in an extraordinary meeting to stage a 24-hour general strike today and organise a rally outside the broadcaster’s headquarters in a northern Athens suburb.

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