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Greece: Seamen end 8-day strike
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Militant/Natasha Terlexis
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Members of the Panhellenic Seamen’s Union in Piraeus, Greece, February 22. Workers ended their eight-day strike the following day. Negotiations continue over the unionists’ demands to protect pensions, decrease their taxation, and for 10-month minimum contracts. During walkout the workers won broad solidarity in labor movement. The seamen’s demands are part of call for a March 15 general strike, which is being organized by the Greek Federation of Workers and public workers unions.
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