Piles of rubbish continued to accumulate around overflowing bins in the greater Athens area this week in the wake of repeated strikes called by a federation comprised of unions representing local government and municipality employees around Greece.
Piles of rubbish continued to accumulate around overflowing bins in the greater Athens area this week in the wake of repeated strikes called by a federation comprised of unions representing local government and municipality employees around Greece.
The federation is demanding the full-time and tenured hiring of thousands of sanitation workers hired on a contract basis.
Another 24-hour industrial action was declared for Thursday, with more expected to follow.
Strikers held a rally and protest march in downtown Athens on Thursday that concluded outside the relevant interior ministry, where garbage was burnt in protest.