No buses, trolleys, tram and metro in Athens on Tuesday due to 24h strike
Buses, trolleys, tram and metro will not run in Athens on February 18 as their workers will participate in the 24h strike of Athens Labour Centre against the new insurance bill.
STASY (Urban Rail Transport) workers' union in an announcement on Saturday underlined "The government very quickly forgot its commitments for the abolition of Katrougalos law and proceeds to another attack by promoting a bill with continues, with small corrections, on the same philosophy and policy of the previous unacceptable law. The increase in pensions it has promised is only crumbs in comparison with the losses, particularly in the last decade" is said.
On their part the workers in trolley buses said among others, that the insurance bill "privatises the social security and pushes thousands of young workers to the private foreign capitals".
Source: ana-mpa