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Instructions for the General Strike on 1/10

INSTRUCTIONS September 28, 2025

With the official declaration of the 24-hour strike by Labor Centers and Federations across the country, as well as by the GSEE (General Confederation of Greek Workers) – in which the Workers’ Union in Webhelp (Concentrix) participates – we are all fully covered to go on strike on Wednesday, October 1, from 00:00 of the same day until 00:00 the next day, as it constitutes a legally justified absence under the law.

There is no need to declare a day off or use paid leave, as Law 1264/82 protects all workers, and any suggestion to do so is illegal.

Withdraw the new anti-labor bill introducing the 13-hour workday and flexible schedules!

EVERYONE TO THE STRIKE – WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 1 – 10:30 AM, PROPYLAEA

Strike Email Template

Subject: Participation in the 24-hour nationwide strike on October 1st

Dear [Supervisor’s Name],

I will be participating in the 24-hour nationwide strike on Wednesday, October 1st, declared by the GSEE, the Labor Centers, and the Federations, and supported by the Webhelp (Concentrix) Workers’ Union.

Participation in the strike constitutes a legally justified absence that applies to all employees and our company, according to Law 1264/82.

I am taking part to support the unions’ call to stop the monstrous bill introducing the 13-hour workday and flexible schedules.
We demand the signing of a Collective Labor Agreement (CLA) with rights and gains for all, a 7-hour workday, 5-day workweek, 35-hour week, salary increases that meet today’s living needs, and the immediate implementation of all necessary health and safety measures.

Thank you for your time.

Kind regards,
[First and Last Name]

Everyone to the Nationwide Strike – October 1st! The 13-hour workday bill will not pass!

Uncategorized September 28, 2025

Withdraw the new anti-labor bill that allows 13-hour workdays and flexible schedules!

The new government bill, a natural continuation of the Hatzidakis and Georgiadis laws, introduces the so-called “right” to work 13 hours a day for a single employer.
They are trying to convince us that overwork and exhausting overtime are a right — and at the same time, they make overtime cheaper for employers by reducing the additional contributions they have to pay.

They are also targeting summer vacation, abolishing the employer’s obligation to grant it during the specific period and without fragmentation.

At the same time that this bill is in “public consultation,” the Federation of Hellenic Information Technology & Communications Enterprises (SEPE) is demanding even more “facilitations” from the government.
All the anti-worker laws of recent years are not enough for them — they want us to work non-stop, as much as the employers’ profits demand, without limits on overtime!
They are even asking for the time we spend preparing to start or finish work to be excluded from the paid 8-hour shift, effectively adding one more hour to our working day!
And, outrageously, they want workers to pay out of their own salaries for the training required for our jobs!

They are ruthless! They want us working nonstop!

At Concentrix, we know firsthand the consequences of these government and SEPE “proposals” — even before this monstrous bill is passed!
It’s nothing new for management to demand that we split up our summer vacation, claiming there isn’t enough staff to cover the shifts.
We’re not shocked to hear them ask for no limits on overtime — overtime hours are already sky-high in many departments, with management shamelessly telling us it’s a way to increase our income.

But they are hiding the real truth: As working hours increase, company profits skyrocket! This enormous profit comes directly from our labor and effort.

Our union calls on all workers to take matters into our own hands and fight back!
Now is the time to strengthen our union, the voice of workers against employer attacks!

We are putting all our strength into making the October 1st strike massive and powerful!
Only through organized struggle can we put up barriers to their plans!

 

We demand:

  • The new anti-labor bill must not be submitted!
  • 7-hour day, 5-day week, 35-hour workweek!
  • Wage increases and a signed Collective Labor Agreement.
  • Reinstatement of the 3-year increments and recognition of all past working years.
  • Health and safety measures in our workplaces.

 

EVERYONE ON STRIKE – WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 1 –

10:30 PROPYLAEA (metro station Panepistimio)

Instructions for the 24h General Strike on 9/04/2025

INSTRUCTIONS April 7, 2025

With the official declaration of the 24-hour strike by Labour Centres and Federations all over the country and by the GSEE in which the Workers’ Union in Webhelp (Concentrix) participates, we are all covered to strike on Wednesday 9/04 from 00.00 of the same day until 00.00, as it is a justified absence by law.

No need to declare time off or use paid leave as 1264/82 covers all employees and urging us to do so is illegal.

All on Strike, Wednesday 9 April with the massive demonstration at Propylaea at 10:30.

It’s their profits or our lives

THE CRIME OF THE TEMPE WILL NOT BE COVERED UP

Template for strike:

Dear (name of supervisor),

I will participate in the 24-hour strike of the Labour Centres and Federations throughout the country as well as the GSEE in which the Workers’ Union in Webhelp (Concentrix), is also participating, in support of the demand for justice for the victims of the Tempe crime, it is also about the implementation of health and safety measures for all and the signing of a collective agreement that will cover the demands of our Union concerning all aspects of our work. The absence is justified, and covers all workers in the company in accordance with Law 1264/82.

Thank you very much for your time in advance.

Sincerely,
(Name and surname)

 

Instructions for the 24h General Strike on 28/02

INSTRUCTIONS February 26, 2025

With the official declaration of the 24-hour strike by Labour Centres and Federations all over the country and by the GSEE in which the Workers’ Union in Webhelp (Concentrix) participates, we are all covered to strike on Friday 28/2 from 00.00 of the same day until 00.00, as it is a justified absence by law.

We do not need to declare a day off or use paid leave, as 1264/82 covers all employees and to urge us to do so is illegal.

All on Strike, Friday 28 February with the massive demonstration at Syntagma at 11:00.
We all meet at 9.30 in front of Public at Syntagma (on Stadiou Street).

It’s their profits or our lives
THE CRIME OF THE TEMPI WILL NOT BE COVERED UP

Template for strike:

Dear (name of supervisor),

I will participate in the 24-hour nationwide strike on 28/02 declared by the General Confederation of Greek Workers (GSEE), the Labour Centers, the Federations and our Workers’ Union which decided to support the strike.

Participation in the strike is a justified absence, which concerns all workers and our company in accordance with Law 1264/82.

I stand in support of the Unions’ demand for full accountability both criminal and political for the Tempe tragedy.

All necessary health and safety measures must be immediately implemented for everyone, especially for colleagues working remotely.

A Collective Labor Agreement must be signed with rights and achievements for all, including wage increases that meet our modern needs.

Thank you very much for your time in advance.

Sincerely,

(Name and surname)

THE CRIME OF THE TEMPE WILL NOT BE COVERED UP! All join the strike on 28 FEBRUARY! GENERAL ASSEMBLY of the Union, SATURDAY 15/02 12.00

Uncategorized February 13, 2025

Everyone at the General Assembly of our Union, Saturday 15 February, at 31st Platonos Street (Kallithea),12:00pm.

 

28 February we all strike!

 

Do not cover up the crime in Tempe!

Colleagues,

The Workers’ Union in Webhelp (Concentrix) calls on all colleagues to participate in the strike on the 28th of February, to join our voices with all colleagues in the sector, in Teleperformance, in Foundever, in TTEC who are experiencing the same or very close problems as ours. With students, pupils, railway workers, teachers, health workers, miners and dockers.

As workers, we know first-hand what the “let’s go and see” logic that led to the state crime in Tempe means. The intensification, the pressure, the shutting down of departments, the layoffs, the warning letters, the panic attacks. All to maximize their profitability with complete disregard for our lives.

We all live and work in a vast vale of Tempe, in a general work jungle, and dangers at every turn of everyday life, whether in trains and public transport, in understaffed hospitals, in the schools of the sponsors who want to impose, where ceilings by chance do not fall on the heads of our children. The intensification, the pressure, the monitoring of every last second of our working day.

Our struggle for the signing of a Collective Labour Agreement with rights and achievements for all, increases that cover our modern needs, immediate implementation of the Presidential Decree on the organisation of working time for working on screens, the immediate provision of ergonomic equipment to all colleagues who work by telework. It is directly linked to the struggle against the logic that created the crime in Tempe, the policy that promotes its cover-up.

 

Our lives are NOT a cost! On 28 February we all participate in the strike!

We will not step back! We will not accept to live like modern slaves for their profits! We assert that the promise we made to be the voice of all those that died will be fulfilled by fighting to the end!

We demand:

 

    • Hold all criminal and political accountable for the crime of Tempe.
    • Stop the dismissals now.
    • The signing of a Collective Labour Agreement with: permanent contracts for all colleagues, raises for all that meet our needs, rights and gains that affect every aspect of our work.
    • Immediate implementation of the necessary health and safety measures for all, especially for colleagues who work from home and provide ergonomic desks and chairs.

 

We call:

 

    • To the General National strike on 28/02 and the gathering at Syntagma at 11.00 am, which has already been announced by dozens of Labor Centers, Federations and Unions all over Greece.

 

Everyone at the General Assembly of our Union, Saturday 15 February, at 31st Platonos Street (Kallithea),12:00pm.

 

28 February we all strike!

 

Do not cover up the crime in Tempe!

 

 

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NO WORKER TO LOSE HIS JOB

Uncategorized November 14, 2024

Colleagues,

Our Union has received information from our colleagues in a Greek department that it will be closed from February. They were immediately asked to choose which department they want to move to, after being given half an hour (!) to respond.

Meeting with department managers one by one, our colleagues found themselves in the position of having to choose between employment in another department, or dismissal.

We call on the company here and now not to let a single job be lost! We do not accept a single euro to be cut from the wages of our colleagues! We point out that the employees of the department are paid a basic salary while the company is making a fortune on their backs.

We will not accept any blackmail on our colleagues to take decisions that will affect their entire lives without even giving them time to negotiate.

We will not be at the mercy of the bosses’ appetites and we will not allow anyone to make our already poor working conditions more difficult!

NO ONE ON THEIR OWN!

The Workers’ Union in Webhelp-Concentrix calls on all colleagues to contact the Union immediately, to not accept any blackmail. Together we will give all our strength and exhaust every possibility to secure the rights of our colleagues!

ALL FOR ONE AND ONE FOR ALL

WE DEMAND

  • No worker to lose his job.

  • Immediate transfer of colleagues to other projects without any terms and conditions.

  • Stop the methodical individual negotiations that aim to put our colleagues in a difficult position.

  • Raises in our salaries now!

EVERYONE ON THE STRIKE ON 20/11/2024  

FOR BETTER WORKING CONDITIONS – FOR RAISES IN OUR SALARIES

Instuctions for participating on the strike on 17/04

INSTRUCTIONS April 16, 2024

With the official declaration of the strike by GSEE, the General Confederation of Workers of Greece all of us are covered to not attend work on Wednesday starting from 00.00 until 00.00 Thursday the 18th, as this is a justified absence by law.

Send them template below. Those  of us that have been declared for a day off also send an email, as in many case they do it intentionally to decrease participation.

On the day of the strike:

Do not log in, and if you do not feel like it, do not answer any calls by the management. They have no right to ask for any explanation or force you to come to work. During the strike those working from home or in the buildings, we meet in front of Metropolis building for Webhelp at 08.00 on Wednesday the 17th of April.
We meet at 10.30 at Syntagma.
Together we will win! No one is alone!

Template for strike:

Dear (supervisor name),

I will be participating to the General 24 hour strike declared by GSEE, which constitutes a justified absence, covering all workers of (your company), as per the law 1264/82. In Support for the Unions call for signing a CLA and for the demands concerning all aspects of our work. Which echoe the general requests as well.

Thank you very much for your time in advance.

Kind regards,

(Name and last name)

Everyone join the strike on 17/04

Uncategorized April 16, 2024

Colleagues,

On Sunday 14/4 we collectively discussed in the General Assembly of the Union about our struggle these last two months, about what we have achieved and how we will continue. We come with momentum and determination to continue this struggle until our fair demands are achieved, until the final victory!

We know well that our struggle is a marathon and not a sprint so we will not let any big or small issue fall down.

– We are not going to tolerate any colleague being fired for KPIs, being put on an evaluation program with unreachable targets, losing their job because the company is downsizing departments.

– We are not going to be silenced when there are colleagues next to us who are held hostage by the awful special purpose visa status and are struggling for their future and the future of their families.

– We already know that through our struggle we have managed to start negotiating the Collective Labour Agreement. Under our pressure and struggle the company was forced to give “increases” of 50€ and 100€ gross for the first time, starting from the departments where our colleagues turned their backs on the company massively.

Our struggle is having an impact and we continue to be more and more determined to sign a collective agreement with increases that cover our modern needs.

In all this environment created by the company, we workers at Webhelp are responding with our massive participation in the national general strike on Wednesday 17 April!

We join our voices and our struggle with hundreds of unions all over Greece who are demanding wage increases and Collective Labour Agreements!

We put pressure on the company with mass participation to sit at the table for negotiation and signing a Collective Labour Agreement!

We are strengthening our Union, becoming its members and calling on our colleagues to do the same.

We gather in front of the Metropolis building at 08.00 a.m. and participate in the strike meeting at Syntagma at 10.30 a.m.

EVERYONE ON STRIKE ON 17 APRIL