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PNO Extends Seamen's Strike by Two Days

  The Greek seamen's union federation PNO on Thursday decided to extend ongoing labor mobilizations with another 48-hour strike beginning at 6 a.m. on Friday and ending on Sunday morning. The strike has left ships moored in their docks and...

Seamen to Continue Strike After Talks With Minister Break Down

The Greek seamen's union federation PNO on Monday said it will continue strike action after the breakdown of talks with Shipping and Island Policy Minister Panagiotis Kouroumblis to end their 48-hour strike. The strike began at 6 p.m. on...

No Ferry Service as Seamen’s Union Calls for Series of New Strikes

On Saturday it was announced that ferries will not be running as the umbrella union of Greek seamen, PNO will be holding a strike until 6 p.m. Tuesday. This strike is taking place as seamen are becoming increasingly concerned regarding...

PNO to Go on 48-hour Strike With a Possibility of Rising Actions

The Executive Body of the Panhellenic Seamen's Federation (PNO) met on Monday in order to decide whether it will proceed with strikes as a means of protest for the security fund reform plan which is expected to be submitted in...

Ships to Remain Docked for Another 48 Hours Due to Seamen's Strike

The Greek Seamen's Federation (PNO) has declared a new 48-hour strike in all ship categories starting from 6 am on Friday until 6 am on Sunday January 31. Ships involved in the transfer of migrants and refugees are not...

Greek Farmers, Workers and Professionals Prepare for Strikes Against Pension and Tax Reforms

A series of strikes and protest rallies by workers, farmers and professionals against upcoming pension and tax reforms has started on Wednesday in Greece with farmers symbolically occupying the headquarters of the Farmers Social Security Organization (OGA). Lawyers and bailiffs...

Seamen's Strike Announced for Next Thursday

The National Seamen's Federation (PNO) announced a 24-hour nationwide seamen's strike next week on Thursday, during which no ships will set sail from ports around the country. "Unfortunately, not only have the problems faced by the seamen's sector not been...

Greek Shipping Minister Proposes the Lifting of the Back-to-Work Order for Seamen

Greek Shipping & Aegean Minister Miltiadis Varvitsiotis on Monday recommended to the prime minister the lifting of the back-to-work order for seamen effective since February 6, 2013. Varvitsiotis underlined that a firm demand by the Panhellenic Seamen's Federation (PNO) is...

Ship, Train Workers Join May Day Strike

With a general strike of private sector workers looming for May 1 to protest ongoing austerity measures, the Pan-Hellenic Seamen’s Federation (PNO) together with the Hellenic Railways Organization (OSE) said its workers will join in and stop working. That comes...

Sailors Begin Two-Day Strike

Greek sailors on Tuesday began a two-day strike against government reforms, halting ferry connections to the islands ahead of the Orthodox Easter holidays and disrupting the export of agricultural produce. The sailors' union PNO said no ferries would leave Piraeus...