Strikes in the United States have occurred regularly over the past year, with employees reporting to be exhausted by working during the Covid-19 pandemic and struggling with price rises.
Tuesday, September 13, 2022
USA: Solidarity with the nurses' strike in Minnesota and Wisconsin
Sunday, September 11, 2022
Thousands joined PAME rally in Thessaloniki, sending powerful message to Mitsotakis' government
Under the slogan "Organization and Struggle for contemporary rights" a large number of protesters from the city of Thessaloniki as well as from other regions of northern Greece sent a militant message to New Democracy (ND) conservative government.
Friday, July 22, 2022
Ukraine and Russia governments unleash attack against workers' rights
Presidents Zelensky and Putin, both enemies of the working class. |
Ukraine's Parliament Verkhovna Rada has passed two bills that obliterate workers' rights to collective bargaining and other fundamental labor protections, and allow employers to put up to 10% of their workforce on “zero hour” contracts leaving them without any control over their working lives.
Tuesday, July 19, 2022
PAME denounces the attempts to criminalise trade union action in Italy
In Italy the USB and Si Cobas unions are facing a 350-page indictment by the Piagenza Public Prosecutor’s Office in which the unions and trade unionists are accused of “crimes” such as picketing strikes, protests and mobilisations in the logistics sector.
On the basis of this indictment, a police operation has been carried out since this morning with searches of trade unionists’ homes and the arrest of 4 USB trade unionists.
Friday, July 8, 2022
Solidarity with Roofers Local 36 of Los Angeles, USA and Cliff Smith
To Cliff Smith
Roofers Local 36 Business Manager
To Union of Roofers, Waterproofers and Allied Workers
Saturday, June 25, 2022
PAME slams U.S. Supreme Court's ruling on abortions: Women’s rights are non-negotiable
"At a time when inconceivable wealth is being produced and science is making leaps and can solve huge problems of society, we workers are experiencing the escalation of authoritarianism, repression, reactivation.
Monday, June 20, 2022
PAME: Strong, militant successful Congress with more than 2,000 delegates
Under the major slogan “Our Power is in Organization, Hope lies in our Struggles, Our weapon is Solidarity”, trade unionists-workers discussed the current situation in the labour movement, as well as the next steps for the intensification of the class struggle.
Wednesday, June 15, 2022
PAME National Congress on June 18-19: Hope lies in our Struggles, Our weapon is Solidarity
On Friday 17th June, an international seminar under the title "The Action of The Unions in All Condition" will take place in Athens.
Below you can read the official statement of PAME:
Friday, May 13, 2022
Thousands of protesters in Greece raised their voice against the Greek-American Military Agreement
Thousands of people, workers, students, pensioners, men and women of every age, participated on Thursday afternoon in demonstrations in Athens and other major Greek cities against the Greece-USA Agreement which upgrades and extends the existing network of US-NATO military bases in the country.
The rallies were organized by the the Struggle Committee against the Greece–USA Agreement on Military Bases, with the support of the Greek Committee for International Detente and Peace (EEDYE), the All-Workers Militant Front (PAME), the Federation of Greek Women (OGE), numerous Workers' Unions and Associations, Students' Unions and other groups of the people's movement.
Monday, May 2, 2022
May Day 2022 in Greece: "The working class does not bow its head" (VIDEO)
136 years since the uprising in Chicago, in the shadow of another imperialist war that is taking place for the profits of the capitalists, in the face of the escalating attack of governments against the workers' rights, the message of the May 1st protests throughout Greece is a beacon of hope.
Friday, December 17, 2021
USA: No more workers’ blood for the profits of the bosses!
In a statement, the World Federation of Trade Unions (WFTU) and its militant trade unions across the world pledge "to continue the struggle for all necessary measures to protect workers from natural disasters and extreme weather events, measures that the US do not take because they consider them as a “cost”.
Tuesday, October 26, 2021
Worker killed at Cosco-owned Piraeus Port in Greece
"It's not the 'bad' moment. It is a result of the intensification of work, the lack of safety measures for our health and our integrity ", the Union of Container Workers at Piraeus Port underlines in its statement, demanding 6-hour shifts, abolition of counter shifts, conversion of all contracts into full and Health and Safety Committees by employees.
Thursday, October 21, 2021
PAME: Solidarity with the workers' strikes in the USA
John Deree employees protest in Davenport, Iowa. |
"PAME, which represents the class union movement of Greece, a member of the WFTU, expresses solidarity with the workers in the USA who are in various mobilizations, strikes and protests, claiming Collective Agreements with salary increases in many sectors.
Wednesday, October 20, 2021
Flashback: Remembering the 2011 murderous attack against PAME rally in Athens
Sunday, September 12, 2021
Greece: Thousands joined PAME rally, sent powerful message to Mitsotakis' government
Under the slogan “Only the people can save the people. The justified indignation must become a force of organization and struggle”, numerous protesters from Thessaloniki and the broader region of Central Macedonia sent a militant message to the ND government and the employers.
Tuesday, July 13, 2021
Hands Off Cuba! Solidarity statements from WFTU and PAME
The World Federation of Trade Unions, which is the militant voice of 105 million workers in 133 countries on five continents, conveys its internationalist solidarity to the Cuban workers and People. We strongly condemn the recent provocations orchestrated by counterrevolutionary elements in Cuba, organised and financed from the United States for destabilising purposes.
The world class-oriented trade union movement supports the Cuban People in their struggle against these actions. We demand the lifting of the criminal blockade that for 60 years has been creating serious problems for the economy and the lives of the Cuban people.
Friday, June 4, 2021
Protests in Greece: Hands Off the 8-Hour Working Day!
Under the slogan “the monstrous draft law must be abolished – hands off the 8-hour working day”, a large demonstration took place in downtown Athens, being the prelude of the nationwide strike that will be held on June 10th.
Tuesday, May 18, 2021
KKE and PAME express solidarity with the people of Colombia
In a statement issued on 12 May, the International Relations Section of the CC of the KKE points out:
Thursday, May 6, 2021
Workers’ May Day 2021 in Greece: Militant rallies in Athens, Thessaloniki and other cities
The class unions organized multi-faceted strike events throughout the country in spite of the ND government decision to move May Day on Tuesday. Thousands of people, workers, young men and women gathered today in Syntagma Square, Athens, in a demonstration organized by dozens of unions that participate in the ranks of the All-Workers’ Militant Front (PAME), thus sending a powerful message against the anti-labour policies of the government.