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Athens Macedonian News Agency: News in English, 12-04-09
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[01] Seamen: Strike as planned
[01] Seamen: Strike as planned
AMNA--Ships will remain docked at ports throughout the country as of
midnight Monday as the Pan-Hellenic Seamen's Federation (PNO) decided
to go-ahead as planned with a 48-hour strike for Tuesday and Wednesday
despite a flurry of meetings with the government over the past four
days in a bid to avert the industrial action.
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.amna
The seamen's umbrella federation PNO announced the strike next week,
and several rounds of talks were held with the government, including
development, competitiveness and shipping minister Anna Diamantopoulou,
health minister Andreas Loverdos and labor minister George Koutroumanis,
amid appeals by trade and tourism associations.
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