From the end of June the Greek National Electric Company will start a series of strikes and their main demand will be hiring 7 000 new employees. This decision was taken by the Managing Board of the syndicate for workers in the Greek NEC, which alarms for serious problems in the legal labor relationships inside the company.

The Union decided to start a protest with a big procession during the meeting of the stockholders, which will take place on June 25th. From June 29th until July 2nd, the employees of the company will go to their offices but they will not work. On July 15th, they will have a warning 24 hour strike and from July 20th they will keep repeating the 24 hour strike every day.

The syndicate of the NEC workers announced that 15 years ago, in 1994, the company was providing work for 36 710 people and right now there are only 23 354 out of whom 8 000 are over 50 years old. According to the union the lack of personnel is the reason why so many employment accidents have happened and since the beginning of 2009, six people have passed away.

As it is already known, the summer period in Greece is characterized by the increased electricity consumption due to the use of AC’s and refrigerators.  Because of the mentioned strikes, the country is facing the real danger of electricity shortage and power failure.