Flights across Aegean Airlines and Olympic Air’s domestic and international networks are set to operate as scheduled on Thursday, August 28 after authorities confirmed that Greece’s air traffic control services would not be disrupted.
The Greek Air Traffic Controllers’ Association had announced a four-hour work stoppage as part of a wider 24-hour strike organized by the civil service union ADEDY. However, an Athens single-justice first instance court ruled the planned action illegal, clearing the way for normal flight operations.
The civil servants’ union, ADEDY, has called a nationwide strike on Thursday in protest against new provisions in a disciplinary code for civil servants included in a tabled draft bill. The legislation, which is due to be debated and voted on in Parliament the same day, has sparked strong opposition from public sector unions.
The union argues that the proposed changes undermine workers’ rights, citing concerns over the criminalization of union activity, the abolition of appeal rights through the secondary disciplinary board, and the exclusion of employee representatives and judges from disciplinary panels. It also points to what it sees as excessive fines and other punitive measures.
ADEDY has urged public sector employees in Athens to join a protest rally in Syntagma Square on Thursday morning, while calling on its regional branches across the country to organize similar mobilizations.
