Thousands of communist militants, unionists and other supporters have converged on Pireaus to denounce the government’s decision to mobilise seamen this morning.
The KKE communist party leader Aleka Papariga also joined the rally as political forces opposed to the strident terms of the bailouts debt-received Greece has received from the EU and IMF hit back in solidarity for the seaman.
Crews and dock workers returned to work under threat of being fired — with the first ferries setting sail and riot police leaving the port — but other sectors have now walked off the job in a massive display of support for the strikers. At noon local time employees operating bus lines, trolleys and the suburban railway network began a four-hour work stoppage as the civil servants union, ADEDY, and the country’s biggest private sector force, the General Confederation of Greek Labour (GSEE), retaliated with a 24-hour strike.
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