Ships and ferries did not operate among the country's many islands due to a 24-hour strike called by the National federation of port employees (Omyle) to protest against the government's planned privatisation of ports. In a statement issued by the trade union, the workers blamed the strike on ‘the government's policies and decision to sell out ports’.
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