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Athens News Agency: News in English, 08-02-12

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From: The Athens News Agency at <http://www.ana.gr/>

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  • [01] 24-hour strike on Wednesday

  • [01] 24-hour strike on Wednesday

    A 24-hour nationwide strike has been called for Wednesday by the General Confederation of Workers of Greece (GSEE) and the Civil Servants' Supreme Administrative Council (ADEDY), the country's two largest umbrella unions announced the large unions GSEE and ADEDY, in protest against the government's planned social security reforms.

    Participating in the strike will be all employees in the public and private sectors, professionals, journalists and all press unions.

    ANA-MPA will not transmit news from 6:00 Wednesday morning until 6:00 Thursday morning.

    Schools, public services, municipalities, banks, hospitals, industries and construction sites will remain closed, while no ships will sail for scheduled itineraries to and from any Greek port.

    Moreover, from Tuesday midnight until Wednesday midnight all flights to and from Greek airports will be cancelled due to participation by air traffic controllers in the strike.

    Disruptions are also expected in commuter services due to strikes and work-stoppages in public transport.

    More specifically, the 'blue' (urban) buses will be on strike, while employees of the trolley buses will stage a five-hour work-stoppage from 11:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.

    The Athens Metro, the ISAP train service and the Tram service will operate from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.

    Protest marches will be staged throughout the country.

    Caption: ANA-MPA file photo of past GSEE-ADEDY strike and protest march.


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