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Greece: Tensions Rise in Athens as more Strikes are Planned

Date: October 17th, 2011 |

Tensions are rising in Athens as new strikes are planned for mid-October in response to the government’s latest austerity measures. Alongside the picture of enormous lines at gas stations due to a strike of refinery workers is the piling up of trash, a result of the ongoing strike by municipal workers and garbage collectors. Public [read more]

Greece: Civil Unrest Looms Ahead of Austerity

Date: June 23rd, 2011 |

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Athens’ Syntagma Square—the Greek parliamentary square—is now the center-stage for anti-austerity protests. The Papandreou government, after surviving a vote of confidence, is preparing for an austerity vote late in June to help bring the country’s finances in order. Though the majority of the protesters are peaceful, skirmishes have broken out. Protests are expected to continue [read more]

Greece: Workers Strike to Protest Austerity Measures

Date: February 15th, 2011 |

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Transport workers in Athens staged a 24-hour strike Feb. 14 in an almost daily series of strikes and demonstrations against economic reform. The country’s largest labor unions have called for a general strike Feb. 23, which could shut down many services and jam transportation networks. Unemployment is at a seven-year high and many Greeks oppose [read more]

Greece: Truckers Vote to Continue Strikes

Date: September 29th, 2010 |

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After more than tw0 weeks of strike actions, protests and pleas from businesses to end their blockades and move goods around the country, truckers still refused to remove their vehicles blocking major highways on the outskirts of Athens and Thessaloniki. There was speculation that the truckers would suspend their protests for a week to allow [read more]

Greece: More Strikes Make Life Miserable for Greeks, Travelers

Date: July 28th, 2010 |

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More strikes disrupted life and travel across Greece when both air traffic controllers and truckers walked off the job, delaying hundreds of flights and creating gasoline shortages around the country. Air traffic controllers returned to work July 27 and withdrew plans to strike July 31 to give the government time to address their concerns. Truckers [read more]

Greece: Vital Tourism Industry Down after Protests

Date: August 1st, 2011 |

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Greek officials are worried that tourism will take another hit due to heavy protests in Athens. Tourism accounts for roughly one fifth of Greece’s gross domestic product, and after a slow 2010, the industry was slowly rebounding. But many of the industries that rely heavily on tourism are organizing strikes to protest austerity measures. Taxi [read more]

Greece: Protests Loom Due to Austerity Measures

Date: June 8th, 2011 |

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Protestors calling for a general strike took over the Greek finance ministry building June 3. The new protests came as Greek officials negotiated a new round of austerity measures to combat the country’s debt crisis. Such belt tightening has been at the heart of numerous protests in Greece during the past year. Despite efforts to [read more]

Greece: More Strikes Over Austerity Measures Disrupt Travel

Date: December 15th, 2010 |

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The seventh general strike this year shut down all air, rail and ferry services Dec. 15 with Athens taxi drivers and transport workers joining in to paralyze the city. Journalists also walked out for 24 hours to cause news blackouts. More strikes were planned for later in the week and disruptions could continue. The labor [read more]

Greece: More Strikes Over Austerity Measures

Date: September 15th, 2010 |

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In what seems a ceaseless string of strikes all summer protesting government austerity measures, Greek truckers shut down major highways Sept. 13 and railway unions again walked off the job Sept. 14. Motorists clogged the streets to get gas ahead of the truckers’ strike fearing a repeat of a weeklong strike in July when gas [read more]

Greece: 24-Hour Strikes Continue to Disrupt Travel and Transport

Date: June 30th, 2010 |

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More strikes against austerity measures paralyzed Greece June 29, raising the question of whether the almost-weekly 24-hour shutdowns will continue throughout the summer and blow a hole in the country’s tourism industry. Tourism brings in 20 percent of Greece’s national income and the strikes have shut down the port at Piraeus, essentially stopping ferry service [read more]

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