- Title: GREECE: STRIKE CHAOS IN ATHENS AS THOUSANDS STOP WORK
- Date: 27th January 1966
- Summary: GARBAGE IN ATHENS STREETS; MILITARY VEHICLES BEING USED FOR PUBLIC TRANSPORT; PEOPLE DIGGING GRAVES FOR RELATIVES AND BRINGING COFFINS FOR BURIAL. Initials RGM/VS/MR/K Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
- Embargoed: 11th February 1966 12:00
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- Location: ATHENS, GREECE
- Country: Greece
- Reuters ID: LVAC5KB61NL6F3ZAQ50MB7JP7U5W
- Story Text: GARBAGE PILED HIGH IN THE STREETS OF ATHENS AS A WAVE OF STRIKES SWEPT GREECE, PARALYSING TELECOMMUNICATIONS, PUBLIC TRANSPORT AND MUNICIPAL SERVICES. ABOUT 150,000 PEOPLE ARE INVOLVED, DEMANDING HIGHER WAGES AND BETTER WORKING CONDITIONS.
ARMY TRUCKS ARE RUNNING SHUTTLE SERVICES IN ATHENS, REPLACING BUSES AND TROLLEYS TAKEN OFF THE ROADS BECAUSE OF THE STRIKES.
AT THE SAME TIME, NORMAL MUNICIPAL SERVICES REMAINED IDLE BECAUSE OF THE STRIKE OF MORE THAN 50,000 PUBLIC EMPLOYEES. BAKERS HAVE STOPPED WORK FOR MORE MONEY AND SOLDIERS AND POLICE ARE BAKING BREAD. AGRICULTURAL WORKERS, TOO, HAVE STOPPED WORK, AS HAVE VETERINARY SURGEONS AND CIVIL ENGINEERS.
THE PILING GARBAGE AND A STRIKE OF GRAVEDIGGERS - LEAVING RELATIVES TO DIG GRAVES FOR THEIR DEAD - ARE BEGINNING TO PRESENT THE COUNTRY WITH A SERIOUS HEALTH PROBLEM.
AT ATHENS TOWN HALL, SPOKESMEN TODAY (27TH JANUARY) DESCRIBED THE SITUATION AS "DESPERATE".
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