Unions in Greece call widespread strikes, seeking a return to bargaining rights axed during bailouts

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Strikes called by Greece’s largest labor union have halted ferries, disrupted public transport services and left some state-run hospitals running on emergency staffing levels in Athens and elsewhere.

Dinner date! This gift card lets you dine at Planet Hollywood, Bertucci’s, and more, now starting at $20.Protesters hold banners during a rally in Athens, Greece, Wednesday, April 17, 2024. A 24-hour strike called by Greece's largest labor union have halted ferries and public transport services in the Greek capital and other cities, to press for a return of collective bargaining rights axed more than a decade ago during a severe financial crisis.

Police said some 4,000 protesters joined a rally Wednesday in Greece’s second-largest city, Thessaloniki.and an investment-grade sovereign bond rating following a series of international bailouts and a severe recession during the 2010-18 crisis. “We were told during the bailouts that the would only last for a few years until Greece gets back on its feet. That’s not what’s happening now,” GSEE leader Yiannis Panagopoulos told a news conference ahead of the strike.

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