The Acropolis and other ancient monuments and museums in Athens will be open this weekend after Greek Culture Ministry employees called off a planned two-day strike.
The ministry workers’ union says it took its decision following a meeting yesterday [Macau time] with Greece’s culture minister — who, it said, took a “responsible” approach to employees’ demands.
The weekend strike, at the heart of the summer season, would have been a considerable embarrassment for Greece’s key tourism industry.
The union wants the government to honor a pledge to hire 233 archaeologists and guards, replacing employees who have retired in recent years. Under the terms of Greece’s international bailouts, only a fraction of the civil servants who retire can be replaced by new hires.
