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Greek Dockworkers Fight Privatization & For Worker Rights: Report By Port Unionist Gogos

by Labor Video Project
Greek Piraeus Port Union leader Giorgos Gogos talks about the privatization of the port of Piraeus and the role of the Cosco, the Chinese state government maritime company. He also discusses the economic crisis and the refugee crisis.
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Greek Dockworkers Fight Privatization & For Worker Rights: Report By Port Union Leader Giorgos Gogos
Greek Piraeus Port Union leader Giorgis Gogos who is general secretary of the union discusses the privatization of the port of Pireaeus by the Chinese shipping company China Ocean Shipping Company ( Cosco). He also reports on the conditions of workers who now work for Cosco.
He also discusses the growing political crisis and the recent split in the Syrias and the role of the United States and Europe in relationship to the tens of thousands of refugees who are coming from Syria and Iraq. This interview was done on September 2, 2015 in Athens, Greece.
https://youtu.be/HhKvotD9c5w
Production of Labor Video Project
http://www.laborvideo.org
§Greek Workers Protest Privatization
by Labor Video Project
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Greek dockers have been fighting privatization
§Cosco Workers Struck Company
by Labor Video Project
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Cosco workers have taken union action and been retaliated against.
§Chinese Greek Privatization Deal
by Labor Video Project
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The Greek government and the Chinese government have colluded to privatize the major port of Piraeus and bust the unions
§Greek Dockers Fighting Privatization
by Labor Video Project
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The Greek dockers have had many general strikes to oppose privatization.
§Cosco Busting Port Union
by Labor Video Project
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Chinese owned and controlled Cosco maritime company has engaged in a massive union busting and privatization drive at the Greek port Pireaus.
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