Protesting municipal workers clash with riot police in Thessaloniki

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Protesting municipal workers clash with riot police outside the main offices of Thessaloniki's city hall as riot police spray the crowd with a substance.

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Protesting municipal workers clash with riot police outside the main offices of Thessaloniki's city hall on 30 May, 2012.

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Protesting municipal workers clash with riot police outside the main offices of Thessaloniki's city hall on 30 May, 2012.

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Protesting municipal workers clash with riot police outside the main offices of Thessaloniki's city hall on 30 May, 2012.

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Riot police create a human wall just across from striking workers who hold a large banner.

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Protesting municipal worker yells in front of a riot police officer's shield.

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Protesting municipal workers clash with riot police outside the main offices of Thessaloniki's city hall.

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Protesting municipal workers clash with riot police outside the main offices of Thessaloniki's city as riot police spray a substance into the crowd.

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Protesting municipal workers clash with riot police outside the main offices of Thessaloniki's city hall.

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Protesting municipal workers clash with riot police. One elderly woman falls over into a bush.

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Protesting municipal workers clash with riot police. One elderly woman falls over into a bush.

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Protesting municipal workers clash with riot police outside the main offices of Thessaloniki's city hall and are arrested.

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Protesting municipal worker pulls on the shield of a riot police officer.

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Protesting municipal workers clash with riot police outside the main offices of Thessaloniki's city hall on 30 May, 2012.

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A protesting municipal worker tries to protect a woman during clashes between protesting workers and riot police.

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Protesting municipal workers clash with riot police outside the main offices of Thessaloniki's city hall on 30 May, 2012.

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Protesting municipal workers clash with riot police outside the main offices of Thessaloniki's city hall. Many of the striking workers who engaged in face-to-face conflict with riot police were elderly people.

Protesting municipal workers clash with riot police outside the main offices of Thessaloniki's city hall on 30 May, 2012 during a three-hour work stoppage by the employees who are protesting plans by authorities to transfer the job of maintaining and repairing garbage trucks to a private firm.