MeRA25: Meeting with the strikers of the “Malamatina” winery in Thessaloniki – The Press Project
A meeting with the strikers of the “Malamatina” winery, in Thessaloniki, in order to be informed about the course of their struggle and also to declare the support of MeRA25 had a party echelon.
According to the announcement issued by MeRA25:
“Despite the authoritarian and extortionate methods of the employer, the dismissals, the lawsuits against trade unionists and even the presence of repression forces, the workers decided to continue their just struggle.
MERA25 supports the strikers’ fight against dismissals and the imposition of individual labor contracts, their fight for the immediate re-employment of the dismissed and the signing of collective agreements.
We complain the new normal of government that deprives labor and constitutional rights such as that of freedom of association”.
The echelon consisted of the coordinator of the Central Committee Litsa Alexaki, the member of the Political Secretariat Rena Papadopoulou and Evangelia Moustakas, member of the Regional Coordination Committee of the Second Thessaloniki.
On Wednesday, the Single-member Court of First Instance of Thessaloniki ruled illegal the strike actions carried out by the last employees of the “Malamatina SA” Winery in Kalochori, Thessaloniki. However, the workers decided to continue their struggle, stating that the employer “wants to level labor rights and conquests to further increase their profitability”.
“We call on all labor unions to stand by us, to express their solidarity in every way. The fight we are fighting is the fight of all workers, for our rights, so that the contradictory laws remain on paper. The support of our struggle with decisions of trade union bodies, with a physical presence in the mobilizations, with material reinforcement of the union which has a decisive contribution so that we can all return to our work, winners, with our heads held high!”, they said among others.