A couple of thousand demonstrators…
A couple of thousand demonstrators braved yesterday’s spring showers to march through the center of Athens during a 24-hour strike called by a group of labor unions against planned reforms to Greece’s ailing social security system. In Athens, the Kifissia-to-Piraeus electric railway was closed, while taxi drivers also kept off the roads, allowing for much smoother traffic than usual. Ferries remained docked in Piraeus, but sailed from Rafina. Hospital workers and schoolteachers were also on strike.
