Thousands of striking workers and students marched through Athens to mark the anniversary of the country's deadliest train crash - and demand justice and bigger pay rises. The 24-hour strike halted rail services across the country and disrupted urban transport in the capital. Ships were held up in ports near Athens, as rail and hospital workers, ship and ferry crews and school teachers all walked off the job. The strike was called by Greece's largest public sector union ADEDY, which represents about half a million workers.
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