Greek workers join walkout over deadly train crash, call protests

Thousands of workers will join a nationwide strike on Wednesday in protest over Greece’s deadliest train disaster that killed 57 people, and mass demonstrations are expected to culminate outside parliament in Athens. | Reuters

with more than 10,000 rallying in Athens on Sunday, releasing hundreds of black balloons into the sky.

“We will impose safe railways so that no one will ever experience the tragic accident at Tempi ever again,” the main railway workers union said in a statement.

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