The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and its European group, the European Federation of Journalists (EFJ) have backed striking journalists from the Greek daily Eleftherotypia who have published their own newspaper after going months without pay from their employer.
"It is a great victory for these journalists who saw their rights violated for months," said EFJ President Arne König. "We give a thumb up to their initiative and we congratulate the Journalists' Union of Athens Daily Newspapers for their support."
On 15 February the journalists, who have been on strike since December 2011, published their own newspaper, entitled "ERGAZOMENOI - Workers at Eleftherotypia!".
The first issue was published with the financial support of the EFJ affiliate, the Journalists' Union of Athens Daily Newspapers. The paper sold out in all kiosks all over Greece and, according to national newspaper circulation data, it surpassed all other newspaper sales in the country. Their employer, who has applied for bankruptcy under Greek law, stopped paying their salaries in August 2011. He still owes nearly 7 million euro in unpaid salaries.
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