Hundreds of seasonal firefighters in Greece have protested outside the country's Civil Protection Ministry, demanding permanent jobs as their contracts expired after a harsh wildfire season. They represent about 2,500 firefighters who are now unemployed for at least until the next fire season in May.
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Union representatives argue that climate change has extended Greece’s fire risk beyond the traditional summer months, requiring a year-round firefighting capability. The 2023 fire season saw an estimated 1,747 sq. kilometers burned — more than four times the annual average of the past decade, according to the European Union’s wildfire monitoring service.
Evangelos Tsoukalas, head of the Seasonal Firefighters’ Association of Greece, told the Associated Press that many of its members with six or more years of experience had been barred from applying for positions in“There is an age cut-off . And now our contracts are up, so we are being thrown out as seasonal firefighters,” Tsoukalas said.
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