AP — Ferries will remain docked in ports across Greece on Friday and Saturday as seamen stage a 48-hour strike in protest at the latest round of cuts to pensions and threat to jobs, leaving many of the country’s islands cut off from the mainland and from each other.
The union representing Greek seamen, PNO, has warned of an escalation of action if the government does not address its concerns regarding proposed changes to new tax regulations relating to workers in the sector, setting income tax at 45 percent in addition to an existing 10 percent special tax.
The seamen’s union has planned another 24-hour strike for Thursday, December 8,
