https://internationalviewpoint.org/ International Viewpoint, the monthly English-language magazine of the Fourth International, is a window to radical alternatives world-wide, carrying reports, analysis and debates from all corners of the globe. Correspondents in over 50 countries report on popular struggles, and the debates that are shaping the left of tomorrow. en SPIP - www.spip.net https://internationalviewpoint.org/local/cache-vignettes/L144xH25/siteon0-da713.png?1745245334 https://internationalviewpoint.org/ 25 144 https://internationalviewpoint.org/Syriza-s-victory-seen-by-a-dockworker-union-leader-from-the-Port-of-Piraeus https://internationalviewpoint.org/Syriza-s-victory-seen-by-a-dockworker-union-leader-from-the-Port-of-Piraeus 2015-02-21T08:20:34Z text/html en Giorgos Gogos, Katy Fox-Hodess Greece Trade unions/workplace organizing <p>Fol­low­ing the col­lapse of the Greek econ­omy, the mem­o­ran­dum with the troika included a pro­vi­sion to sell off prof­itable state-owned com­pa­nies to pay back loans to for­eign lenders, result­ing in the par­tial pri­va­ti­za­tion of the Port of Piraeus, Greece's largest port, where Chi­nese state-owned ship­ping company COSCO now holds the con­ces­sion for two con­tainer ter­mi­nals. Since that time, dock­work­ers have waged a mil­i­tant and sus­tained strug­gle, with strong local alliances in Piraeus and inter­na­tional sup­port from dock­work­ers around Europe, to return the port to full pub­lic own­er­ship and improve the poor work­ing con­di­tions at the pri­va­tized COSCO ter­mi­nals.</p> - <a href="https://internationalviewpoint.org/-IV481-February-2015-" rel="directory">IV481 - February 2015</a> / <a href="https://internationalviewpoint.org/+-Greece-+" rel="tag">Greece</a>, <a href="https://internationalviewpoint.org/+-Trade-unions-workplace-organizing-+" rel="tag">Trade unions/workplace organizing</a>