Greece’s seamen’s federation (PNO) has started their 48-hour strike, which will keep ships docked from 6 am on Monday morning, November 2 to 6 am on Wednesday, November 4.
In a press release, PNO calls on travelers to show understanding for the strike over what it called the destruction of the seamen’s pension fund (NAT), the reduction of permanent positions on passenger ships that endangered traveling and passengers, the reduction of pensions to extremely low levels, and the overall effort by the state to dismantle and destroy medical and social insurance for both retired and active sea personnel.
The union also called on private companies whose vessels are used to transfer refugees from the Aegean islands to the mainland to complete all routes by midnight Sunday.
(Source: ANA-MPA)
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