Thursday, April 18, 2013

Greece: 20 migrant workers shot in pay dispute

ATHENS -- More than 20 migrant workers have been shot and wounded in the town of Nea Manolada in the Peloponnese after they demanded overdue wages.
Around 200 strawberry pickers went on strike, demanding their six months’ unpaid wages and then clashed with three Greek foremen, ANA news agency has reported.
One of the foremen fired shots at the workers and wounded around 20 of them, the Greek police have said.

The site owner was arrested and the police are still looking for the three foremen.

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