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Athens Macedonian News Agency: News in English, 14-03-11
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[01] Port employees hold rally against OLP shares sale
[01] Port employees hold rally against OLP shares sale
ANA/MPA---The Port Employees Federation of Greece (OMYLE) and the Union
of Piraeus Port's Dockers and the Association of Supervisors and Chief
Workmen on Tuesday hold a four-hour work stoppage to protest against
the sale of a stake in Piraeus Port Authority (OLP).
Workers will walk off their jobs between 11.00 and 15.00. The will hold
a rally at 11.30 at Karaiskaki square in Piraeus and a march towards
the Shipping Ministry.
"The government and the country's privatization agency TAIPED, as
loyal assignees of foreign monopolies and of local interests that are
affiliated to them, have ignored the massive social reactions and have
proceeded to a call of interest for the sale of OLP's share capital,"
port employees said in a joint statement.
Main opposition SYRIZA's shipping sector said in a statement that the
launch of the sale of OLP's shares by TAIPED clearly shows the mockery
of OLP's workers by government's deputies, as the MPs were assuring them
they would not be affected by the sale.
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