Train drivers strike on Thursday over firings

Train drivers crossed Greece are staging a 24-hour strike connected Thursday successful protestation astatine the dismissal of three of their colleagues by Hellenic Train.

The Panhellenic Union of Train Drivers (PEPE) said successful a statement that the strike is simply a effect to what it described arsenic “unjust and abrupt” layoffs.

According to the union, Hellenic Train, a subsidiary of the Italian state-owned Ferrovie Dello Stato Group, terminated the contracts of three veteran drivers successful August without anterior warning.

All three were veteran employees, with much than 40 years of service, who the union said belonged to socially vulnerable groups and were facing wellness issues.

The strike is expected to disrupt obstruction services nationwide, including suburban railway routes to the airport. Hellenic Train, with the support of information staff, will tally a constricted fig of routes.

Metro services, however, are operating arsenic normal.