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Greek port workers strike over privatization plans

By Washington Examiner
Published February 26, 2014 1:02pm ET
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Greek port workers strike over privatization plans
Protesters hang a banner reads ''Not for Sale'' during a rally by hundreds of striking port workers outside the Greek Parliament in Athens, on Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2014. Greek dock workers across the country walked off the job Wednesday in a 24-hour strike to protest plans to sell a stake in the Piraeus Port Authority, the country's largest port. Privatizing state-held assets is a key part of Greece's international bailout agreement. (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis) | Thanassis Stavrakis

ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greek dock workers across the country walked off the job Wednesday in a 24-hour strike to protest plans to sell a stake in the Piraeus Port Authority, the country’s largest port.

Hundreds of striking port workers gathered in central Athens and marched to Parliament for a protest rally. Nearby, protesting farmers’ market suppliers demonstrated outside the Finance Ministry against higher taxes. Both rallies ended peacefully.

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