"People have spent years on the job, teaching and in performance roles, and suddenly they do not know what their qualifications are worth," singer Argyro Kaparou, who heads one of the associations organizing the protest, told the AP.
GREECE IS REOPENING TOURISM SECTORS IN MAY, SAYS PRIME MINISTER
Art students gather during a protest outside parliament in Athens, Greece, on Feb. 2, 2023. Students are striking for a second day, closing theaters and halting television shoots to protest changes in the qualification system of civil service jobs. (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis)
Strike organizers say they want the government to pause the reforms until a general election is held sometime before the summer.
The center-right government says it wants to streamline government hiring procedures before the elections.