Quick Read Protesters picket luxury hotels in central Athens as part of employee strike
Photo credit: AP | Greece's Finance Minister Evangelos Venizelos addresses reporters during a news conference in Athens on Monday, Aug. 22, 2011. Greece's finance minister has called on the EU to implement "fully and immediately" an agreement reached last month overhauling the eurozone's rescue fund and extending Greece a Euros109 billion ($157 billion) bailout. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)
(AP) -- Dozens of protesters picketed the entrance to three luxury hotels on Athens' main Syntagma Square for hours Tuesday as part of a 24-hour strike by hotel employees objecting to plans to cut their entitlement to early retirement.
Despite the strike, most hotels appeared to be operating normally. The protesters said they were not preventing customers or employees from entering the buildings,...
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