Continued close general strike public television in Greece - teleSUR TV

Thousands of people demonstrated outside the headquarters of the Greek public broadcaster ERT Athens (capital) adding to a general strike in protest at the closure ordered by the Greek government on Tuesday.

protesters figures vary between 12 000 reported by the Greek police and 20 000 released by the organizers.

The protesters carried banners that read slogans could be related to the closure of television as “Frequencies for society, not for the power” or “Resist the totalitarianism”, referring to the close by decree and without notice the entity.

The squad responded to the call of private sector unions and public (GSEE and ADEDY).

A spokesman for public sector union, ADEDY, said public transport stoppage buses, trolleys and trains was absolute, while the meter stopped working only in the turn of Wednesday night and normally circulated from Thursday morning, in a measure decided by the union itself.

schools functioned normally since a month teachers are under requisition, decided by the Government during the exam period. Hospitals offered only minimal services, but the doctors’ functioned normally, because the medical school had not joined the strike.

Air traffic controllers will stop for two hours in the afternoon, but airlines have changed the flight schedule so that you just have delays but not cancellations.

trade and industry practice functioned normally, with the exception of banking, who answered the call of the union in this sector.

unions, which represent about two and a half million workers regularly have called strikes since the outbreak of the debt crisis in Europe in 2009.

“The government has abolished the rights of workers and citizens, one by one, systematically and autocratic” explained the public sector union ADEDY, responsible for organizing the demonstrations by the private sector union GSEE.

“We call on all workers and citizens to fight for the catastrophic overthrow this government plans” ADEDY added.

On the other hand, an Athens journalists’ union has called on its members to strike indefinitely, preventing publish newspapers and forcing some retail chains recorded content replenish instead of making information services.

Samaras, Greek Prime Minister New Democratic Party member of the government bloc in power, defended the closure of ERT.

two other coalition parties, the Socialist PASOK and the moderate left Dimar, Samaras asked a meeting with all stakeholders to find a solution in order to “re-opening” of ERT.