The strike, called by the civil servants’ union, has the support of maritime and urban transport workers, as well as doctors, teachers and actors, who, in turn, joined the railway sector workforce.
This Tuesday, the railway workers complete the seventh consecutive day of strike to demand the modernization of the country’s railway network.
Given the already notified accession, the country should see most transport halted on Wednesday, from ships to trains, including buses and trams, and metro and intercity transport workers are also considering joining the strike, according to the Greek press. of this Tuesday.
The start of the demonstrations is scheduled for 12:00 local time (10:00 in Lisbon) in the center of Athens and other cities, which may coincide with the marches called for a few hours later on the occasion of International Women’s Day .
In the call, published in a statement, the civil servants’ union specifies that the leaders demand “an end to privatization policies” in the railway sector and “that the true responsibilities for the homicidal crime be found out.”
The union refers to the biggest rail accident in the history of Greece, a head-on collision between two trains on March 1, which left 57 dead and dozens injured, mostly young students.
Twenty people injured in the accident remain in hospital, seven of whom are in intensive care.
Thousands of Greeks already took to the streets of the big cities last weekend to protest against the Government, which they accuse of negligence for not having created security measures on the railway that could have prevented the tragedy.
In the protests in Athens, several violent incidents were reported in front of the parliament.
The left-wing opposition party, Syriza, accused the conservative government of “ordering” the police to fire tear gas at the protesters, who were protesting mostly peacefully.
Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis admitted on Sunday that the rail network lacks security measures and automated control systems and asked all Greeks for “a big pardon.”
The accident and the consequent wave of public outrage occur a few weeks before the date set for the next legislative elections, on April 9, although the authorities have already mentioned that they are studying the postponement of the vote until May.
Source: TSF
