Panhellenic Seamen's Federation

Students, lawyers, teachers, rail workers, members of unions and many others responded to Greece's largest private and public sector unions' call to protest on Thursday over the deadly train crash.

The Greek Civil Servants' Confederation (ADEDY) announced a 24-hour nationwide strike in the public sector on Wednesday, March 8.

In its press release issued on Monday, ADEDY has also called for a mass protest rally at 12:30 at Klafthmonos Square in central Athens.

The Panhellenic Seamen's Federation (PNO) announced an extension of the 48-hour sailors' strike for all categories of ships, starting at 00:01 on Sunday, December 12 and ending at midnight on Monday, December 13.

Greek seamen on Thursday called off a strike they had announced for Friday, following a meeting of their union earlier in the day. Ferry services will resume at 6 a.m. on Friday.

Ferries have remained tied up in port since 6 a.m. Wednesday and the Panhellenic Seamen's Federation (PNO) had said it would extend the strike for a further 24 hours.

Greek seamen are extending their strike for a further 24 hours, leaving the country's mainland and islands without ferry services until Friday morning.

Ferries have remained tied up in port since 6 a.m. Wednesday for what was to have been a one-day strike. But the union, the Panhellenic Seamen's Federation, announced in the afternoon it would extend the strike for a further 24 hours.

Ferries to and from the Greek islands are tied up in port due to a 24-hour strike by seamen protesting reforms to their sector.

Wednesday's strike severed ties between Greek islands - and between the islands and the mainland - until 6 a.m. Thursday.

Ferries will remain docked throughout next Thursday after the Panhellenic Seamen's Federation (PNO) said on Friday that it would be joining a general strike  called for that day by the country's two main labor unions, GSEE and ADEDY.

The PNO said it will hold a 24-hour strike on December 14, from midnight to midnight.

Greek private and public sector workers were taking part in a strike called by their umbrella unions, GSEE and ADEDY, respectively, on Thursday. The industrial action, organized in protest to the government's plans for labor reforms and tax hikes, was expected to affect transport, health services and schools, among others.

Ferries are expected to stay docked in ports across Greece on Thursday as seamen stage a 24-hour strike in protest at the latest round of cuts to pensions and job insecurity.

Ferries are to remain moored in ports across the country on Thursday as seamen stage a 24-hour strike in protest at the latest round of cuts to pensions and job insecurity.