Why Greek journalists are on strike - and hunger strike
No news today. In Greece up to 20,000 retired journalists find themselves ineligible of their pensions and health care. The Union of the Athenian Journalists (ESIEA) decided a 48 hours strike on Tuesday and Wednesday. Four women have been on hunger strike for more than ten days.
Greek journalists on hunger strike
By Vicky Spyropoulou, Athens
Dear Colleagues at the European Centre for Press and Media Freedom ECPMF,
Greek Journalists’ struggle to save their self-managed Health Care and Social Security Organisation (EDOEAP) reaches its peak from today [Tuesday and Wednesday, 24th and 25th of October] on with a 48 hours strike in all…