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Athens News Agency: News in English, 09-12-09
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[01] Athens mayor on garbage strike
[01] Athens mayor on garbage strike
(ANA-MPA) -- The growing mounds of rubbish on the city of Athens'
street corners generated a heated response by Athens Mayor Nikitas
Kaklamanis on Wednesday, hours after Interior Minister Yiannis
Ragoussis called on the municipality's administration to take
"necessary" legal action in order to resume garbage collection.
"The city of Athens introduced the legal procedures yesterday
(Tuesday), therefore, he (Ragoussis) rather belatedly thought to
intervene in order to settle a situation for which he is solely
responsible, due to his unwillingness to satisfy a basic demand made by
strikers, namely, the allocation of additional points (to contract
workers with experience who apply) for a position with the relevant
organisation".
Kaklamanis also said that strikersâ demand has the unanimous support of
the Central Union of Municipalities and Communities of Greece, of which
he is president, and "all political forces in Parliament, except for
the government."
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