Greek taxi strike
Update:-Taxi strike Monday and Tuesday, 12/13 September.
Greek Taxi strike this Thursday, 8 September, starting 5am, lasting 24 hours. Following Saturday, 10 September a taxi strike is also being planned. Be prepared for delays, leave for airport early. Traffic to Athens airport maybe down to one lane. You may find ports blocked and have to lug your luggage. All other forms of transport will be working. Drs and dentist next 48 hours, next week garbage men.
Last taxi strike, summer 2011
3 August End of strike-Rhodes and south Aegean region (Cylades and Dodecanese islands) Greek taxi strike is now over, till Sept 5?
Update:-Saturday 29 July Thessaloniki- Saturday, morning till noon, blockade of the airport.
Corfu-blockade of the port by 50 taxis for short time
Chania,Crete- blockade of the airport
Patras- blockade of the port on Saturday early afternoon
Update:-Sunday 24 July Taxi strike to continue, but without blocking ports, roads, airports. Drivers will demonstrate on Tuesday outside parliament.
Update:-Day 5 Friday, 22 July Ferry union vote down strike for July. Meet again end of August.
Update:Day 4 Thursday. 21 July Greek taxi drivers state strike to be indefinite. Roads to ports, toll booths, highway's, airports blocked today. Head of police want's to intervene. Crete, Corfu reuters.com
Up date:Day 2 Tuesday, 19 July it's highly possible taxi strike will go on for a couple more days. Maybe till Friday!
The port of Patras, the cruise section of Piraeus port, Katakolo port in Peloponnese, the airports of Athens, Thessaloniki and Araxos, port and airport in Heraklion,Crete have been affected for hours yesterday and today. Also an article from ekathimerini.com
Update:- Day 1 Monday 18 July Greek taxi drivers today blocked access to Port of Piraeus. 10 cruise ships in port, 16,000 passengers. Cruise go-ers disembarked into buses only to get blocked in traffic jams. Road to Athens airport was blocked. The only lane left open was backed up for miles. focus-fen.net
16 July There is a 48 hours Taxi Strike in Athens-Greece. Starts on 18-July-2011 5.00 am and finishes on 20-July-2001 5.00am. Taxi union threatens to block roads to airport and ports. Issue over permits. Government reducing permit cost from €80,000 euros to just €3,000. Stargroup above will have minibuses running.
