|
|
|
Athens Macedonian News Agency: News in English, 12-04-06
CONTENTS
[01] Seamen's strike to go ahead as planned
[01] Seamen's strike to go ahead as planned
AMNA--Greek seamen have decided to go ahead with a 48-hour strike planned
for the middle of the Orthodox Holy Week next week, after talks with the
government on Thursday were deemed "unsatisfactory" by their umbrella
federation PNO on Friday, and despite appeals and pressure by tourism
and market organisations.
The Pan-Hellenic Seamen's Federation (PNO) executive committee on Monday
called a 48-hour nationwide strike on April 10 and 11, and the outcome
of talks with development, competitiveness and shipping minister Anna
Diamantopoulou was deemed unsatisfactory during a PNO meeting on Friday.
The strike, which comes in the middle of the Holy Week before Orthodox
Easter will create serious problems for Easter holidaymakers planning to
spend the holiday on the Greek islands, but also to tourist enterprises
who were looking to the long-awaited holiday to drum up revenues in
the recession-hit country.
|
