A few hours before the start of the strike that three maritime labor unions have called for Friday, July 3 at the port of Rafina, an application for injunctive relief against the 24-hour strike was filed by the Association of High-Speed Ferry and Cruise Ship Owners.
According to today’s announcement by the Panhellenic Union of Merchant Marine Sailors (PENEN), the hearing of the case is expected to take place tomorrow at 12:00, on the eve of the scheduled strike mobilization.
PENEN describes the appeal as a “direct attack on the right to strike”, arguing that the aim is to undermine the mobilization and to suppress the issues of safety and working conditions which, as it states, exist at the port of Rafina.
At the same time, the maritime labor union attributes a leading role in the effort to suspend the strike to the ferry company SeaJets, arguing that the mobilization has been declared in compliance with all the prescribed formal and substantive requirements.
In its announcement, PENEN speaks of an attempt to exert pressure on the strikers and of a coordinated operation to discredit the strike struggle, noting that responsibility for the safety problems and deficiencies in Rafina’s port infrastructure has long rested with the state and the competent authorities.
Particular reference is also made to the absence of a safe and recognized anchorage outside the port, a fact which, according to PENEN, makes the overnight stay of ships at anchor dangerous.
PENEN states that the strike mobilization will take place as planned, regardless of the outcome of the judicial process.
SOURCE: ANA