Government spokesman George Petalotis on Thursday said the government had not considered action to declare a strike by Piraeus port dock workers illegal and abusive. Petalotis said the government’s obligation was to handle the situation that had arisen and that its success was measured in the fact that there was now dialogue between the dock workers and the management of the Piraeus Container Terminal company in order to find a way out of the current deadlock.
From Athens News Agency-Macedonian Press Agency S.A., October 19, 2009