Transport strike scheduled for May 1

In addition to the previously announced sailors’ strikes On “Labor Day” May 1, public transport workers in Athens went on strike.

Buses and trolleybuses in Athens will take part in Labor Day mobilizations, with stops at the beginning and end of the day shift. According to the statements of their trade unions, buses and trolleybuses will not run on Monday May 1 from the beginning of the shift until 09:00 and from 21:00 until the end of the shift. Buses and trolleybuses will work with 9:00 to 21:00. It is expected that the traffic will be restored after 10:00, and the traffic stop will begin from 20:00. KTEL buses will operate as usual.

Working lines metro 1, 2 and 3, including ISAP city trains, and tram start a 24 hour strike.

Trains are expected Hellenic Train including Athens Suburban Proastiakos will be stopped on Monday May 1st due to the involvement of the Panhellenic Railway Federation in a 24-hour strike GSEE. An announcement is expected from Hellenic Train, the site notes. athenstransport.com.

Earlier we reportedthat the 24-hour strike of sailors and the May Day rally in the port of Piraeus left no chance for the inhabitants of Greece and tourists to go on a weekend trip by sea. Across the country, on May Day holidays, ships will be in ports – ΠΝΟ has announced a general strike in honor of Labor Day. The general secretary of the federation, Manolis Tsikalakis, in his announcement of the strike, stated:“We pay tribute to those who fought and many times gave their lives for the rights of seafarers, as well as all workers on earth.”

He stressed that this year’s Labor Day is particularly marred by the ongoing war in Ukraine with thousands of innocent victims, as well as the civil war raging in recent days in Sudan and other wars in different parts of the world.

Seafarers’ unions announced a 24-hour nationwide strike on Monday on all categories of ships. It will start at 00:01 on Monday May 1 and end at 24:00, at midnight on the same day. Seafarers’ unions will take part in strike rallies in Piraeus at 11:00 am, and picket groups of seafarers will be present in other ports of the country.

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