The Confederation of Greek Civil Servants' Trade Unions (, ADEDY), was established in May 1926 under the name Civil Servants' Confederation. Banned under the

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, it began organizing covertly against the regime, as well as the subsequent Nazi Occupation during the Second World War. Officially reorganized after the

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, ADEDY is a federation of public sector

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affiliated with the

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. ADEDY's private sector sister union is the

General Confederation of Greek Workers The General Confederation of Greek Workers (Greek: Γενική Συνομοσπονδία Εργατων Ελλάδας, Γ.Σ.Ε.Ε, GSEE) is the highest, tertiary trade union body in Greece. It was founded in 1918 and is affiliated with the In ...

. ADEDY is non-partisan, and as such, not affiliated with any political party. Its leadership council is made up of figures from the conservative

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, socialist

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, social democratic

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, the

Communist Party of Greece The Communist Party of Greece (, ΚΚΕ; ''Kommounistikó Kómma Elládas'', KKE) is a Marxist–Leninist political party in Greece. It was founded in 1918 as the Socialist Workers' Party of Greece (SEKE) and adopted its current name in Novem ...

, as well as the anti-capitalist ANT.AR.SY.A. The Communist Party of Greece's official union, the

All-Workers Militant Front The All-Workers Militant Front (, ΠΑΜΕ; ''Panergatiko Agonistiko Metopo'', PAME) is a coordination centre within the Greek trade union movement, founded on the initiative of Communist Party of Greece trade-unionists in April 1999. Among its ...

, has criticized ADEDY regarding the presence of

and other right-wing and centrist groups in their leadership.

See also