The Congress of the Greek Primary Teachers’ Federation (DOE), which unites all the unions of public primary school and kindergarten teachers in Greece, was held on 26–30 June 2024.
The Communist Party of Greece (KKE) reports that the tens of thousands of teachers who voted for delegates to the congress of the largest federation of public sector workers in Greece, put the list supported by the KKE in first place with 26.5% (up from 22% at the previous congress), leaving the list supported by the the ruling New Democracy party in second place with 21% (down from 22.6%). The various social-democratic and opportunist lists followed with smaller percentages.
It should be noted that for the first time in the history of the DOE, the communists came first in the elections for the administration of the Federation. This result, coming only a few weeks after the European elections, in which the KKE increased its share of the vote for the fourth time in a row, reaching 9.25%, and shows that this electoral rise of the KKE is firmly rooted in the struggles of the workers and in the action of the communists within the labour, the trade union and the mass popular movement.