Various sectors and occupational groups have continued strike activity against what is regarded as the government’s one-sided austerity policies, and various unions have announced new strikes. Most recently a nationwide media strike has been called for Tuesday 30 November 30, from 6:00 a.m. to 6:00 a.m. on Wednesday. On Thursday 25 November various demonstrations took place in Athens. In the main demonstration, organised by public and private union federations, protesters marched through the center of the capital to the Finance Ministry. The federations also organised a three-hour work stoppage in the capital that disrupted public transport and state services such as tax offices. State television suspended their broadcasts during the stoppage. Meanwhile, in response to a call by the Panhellenic Seamen's Federation, seamen continued to be on strike from 23 November on, leaving Greek islands without ferry services for a week. The seamen are demanding job protection, creation of an independent unemployment fund and a 2% wage increase (See also this Collective Bargaining Newsletter Year 3 September and October 2010).
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