ADEDY
The ADEDY ( Greek ΑΔΕΔΥ , acronym : for Ανώτατη Διοίκηση Ενώσεων Δημοσίων Υπαλλήλων is the umbrella organization of trade union organizations of employees and officials in the public sector in Greece, Anótati Diíkosi Enóseon Dimosíon Ypallílon, Supreme Federation of Associations of public employees).
ADEDY emerged from the SDYE (ΣΔΥΕ, Συνομοσπονδία Δημοσίων Υπαλλήλων Ελλάδας Association of Public Employees of Greece), which was founded in May 1926, whose activity was stopped during the Metaxas dictatorship . After an eventful history - divisions, amalgamations and interruptions due to the civil war - it was re-established as ADEDY in December 1947.
Members are the secondary organizations of employees and civil servants in the service of the state, legal entities under public law and autonomous local self-government. There are 52 trade union federations with 1,366 individual unions. The number of members in these unions is given as around 311,000.
ADEDY is the second largest trade union organization in Greece after the GSEE ( Greek ΓΣΕΕ, Γενική Συνομοσπονδία Εργατών Ελλάδας , General Workers 'Federation of Greece' ), the umbrella organization for trade unions for private sector workers. Since public service workers are particularly affected by the austerity measures imposed to cope with the Greek financial crisis , ADEDY is at the forefront of the protests and strikes against this.
ADEDY is a member of the European Trade Union Confederation .
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Individual evidence
- ↑ Historical development on the ADEDY website (Greek)
- ↑ worker-participation.eu
- ↑ List of the national member associations in the ETUC. etuc.org; accessed on May 23, 2018