Occasional strikes and protests do occur in Greece but, overall, the country continues to boast one of the highest safety and security records worldwide.
There has been changes and cancellations on all railway services in Athens, Thessaloniki and Patras, as well as the trains to Athens International Airport Eleftherios Venizelos, since Monday due to work stoppages held by railway employees in Greece.
All Greek train routes have been suspended for the day as railway workers stage a 24-hour strike to protest the privatization of the rolling stock maintenance company and a lack of staff.
The strike halted all intercity trains Tuesday. As part of Greece’s international bailout, successive governments have committed themselves to an ambitious privatization program.
Separately, taxi drivers walked off the job for nine hours to protest the ride-sharing service Uber, which they claim has been tacitly supported by Greece’s bailout creditors.
The powerful greater Athens taxi association, SATA, said creditors had prevented ministers from cracking down on the platform, which they accuse of “siphoning work away” from license-holding professionals. Last year the association unsuccessfully lobbied for stricter operating limits on popular app-based taxi-ordering services.
- Associated Press – (Athens, Greece)
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