Seamen Strike

Greek seamen declared a rolling 48-hour strike starting on Monday, March 19. The seafarer union PNO announced that sailors are not willing to kneel before any political pressures that do not gratify their rights and demands. The Union will protest...

Seamen ended on Monday a week-long anti-austerity strike which stranded ferries and passengers at ports, hitting the key tourism sector and disrupting food and fuel supplies to islands. Greece's Socialist government is defying labour union action and implementing further belt-tightening...

Seamen will extend their strike protesting against government austerity measures to Tuesday, their union said on Saturday, a move which could keep most passenger ferries docked at ports. "Greek seamen are continuing their struggle to fight against the government's anti-labour...