The rally at Syntagma for the railway accident in Tempe is completed

«This struggle must continue until the final vindication» is the message sent by speakers from unions and trade unions at the big rally of workers' centres, federations and trade unions at the Constitution for the tragedy in Tempe. A march is currently taking place towards the OSE offices on Karolou Street in Metaxourgio.

«This crime will not be forgotten, we will be the voice of all the dead», «The system emits rot and stench, we will never forget the crime in Tempe», «You count profits and damages, we count human lives», «SYRIZA, PASOK, New Democracy, this crime has a history» and «Now the anger should be reversed, this crime will never be forgotten» are some of the slogans that vibrate the atmosphere in the Constitution.

The rally began with a greeting by Panagiotis Bouros, a driver of the «Hellenic Train», who welcomed the large mobilizations that «break the government's narrative of «human error» stating: «We owe it to our dead that grief and anger become a river and drown them».

Sophia Zori, pediatrician, member of the five-member committee of HINAP at the Aghia Sophia Children's Hospital, spoke about the great participation of health workers in last Wednesday's strike. «It is not the bad time when thousands of children are left off the operating room list at the expense of their health,» she lamented.

In her intervention, she also informed the gathering about the bill with which the government «promotes the privatisation of the Paediatric Oncology Department», which has caused reactions from health workers and parents.

Manolis Charatsis, member of the Board of Directors of OME EYDAP, denounced the transformation of water, as well as public transport, into a commodity, understaffing and the intensification faced by the staff. «Imagine the danger if 4.5 million people consume dangerous water,» he said and criticised the bill which «promotes the further activation of private companies in the water supply and sewerage sector».

Kostas Toulgaridis, member of the Board of Directors of the Teachers« Association »K. Sotiriou", welcomed the large mobilizations and referred to the need for escalation and continuation of the struggle.

«We make our anger an organised force to never again put human life in the scales of profit», Achilleas Zorbas, member of the IOC's Board of Directors, declared. At the same time, he conveyed the pride of the teachers for their students who are making their mark in the mobilizations.

Despina Koutsouba, president of the Association of Greek Archaeologists, denounced the attack on an archaeologist resulting in his serious injury, as well as the perpetrator of this attack «which is the policy that puts profit above antiquities». «Following archaeological regulations has become dangerous,» she said, adding: «They don't scare us, they make us angry.».

«We are well aware that it was a planned crime», stressed Myrto Matsi, member of the Piraeus Pupils' Coordinating Committee, and conveyed the militant atmosphere of the initiatives that students organize daily in schools and on the streets, including the massive march of schools on the streets of Piraeus.

«We are here», stressed Michalis Rizos, president of the Union of Employees at Attikon Hospital, and criticized both the attempt to cover up the causes and responsibilities, and the attempt «to give a pardon card» to previous governments, which applied the same policy in the EU.

«We have become the voice of our dead, the voice that demands revenge, the voice that demands accountability», said Dora Pori, president of the Student Association of the Agricultural University of Athens. «So much for their mockery. It was neither a mistake nor an accident. It was their profits over our lives. As is the case everywhere,» he stressed. «We can no longer live on benefits and die on tickets,» he concluded and called for continued struggles.

«They are still trying to convince us today that the bad time is to blame for Tempe, Mati, Mandra», commented Markos Bekris, president of the Piraeus Labour Centre, and «not the policy that sacrifices every popular need on the altar of profit». From the platform of the meeting he called for militant preparation for the strike announced for Thursday 16 March and the strike meeting at 11.30 am at Propylaea. «Let's take the situation in our hands and say never again,» he stressed and called on unions and bodies to flood the streets of Athens again.
The speeches were followed by an artistic programme.

March of workers« centres, trade unions and federations at the offices of OSE: »Thursday's all-workers' strike is the next stage in the struggle to prevent the crime from being covered up"

With the slogans «This crime will not be forgotten, we will be the voice of all the dead», «Winnings dipped in the blood of students», and «Now the rage will be reversed, this crime will not be forgotten», thousands of demonstrators outside the headquarters of the OSE on Karolou Street, in Metaxourgeio, completed the march of workers' centres, federations and trade unions for the tragedy in Tempe.

To organize and organize the workplaces, schools, universities in order to have a successful strike on March 16, said Markos Bekris, president of the Piraeus Labour Centre, outside the headquarters of OSE where the big march ended.