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- 144. By communications dated 2, 4, 5 and 23 August 1980, respectively, the Confederation of Hospital Workers of Greece, the Workers' and Employees' Centre of Larissa and Chalcidicum, the North Dodecanese Workers' Union, the Construction Workers' Union and the Federation of Hotel Workers of Kos presented a complaint for violation of trade union rights in Greece. The Government furnished its observations in a communication dated 10 November 1980.
- 145. Greece has ratified both the Freedom of Association and Protection of the Right to Organise Convention, 1948 (No. 87), and the Right to Organise and Collective Bargaining Convention, 1949 (No. 98).
A. A. The complainants' allegations
A. A. The complainants' allegations
- 146. The complainants allege that Sabina Vassila Kopoulou, a student, was assassinated whilst she was distributing leaflets in protest against dismissals and unemployment in front of the ETMA factory. It is alleged that the victim was crushed under the wheels of a staff vehicle, in full view of the police, and that the management of the undertaking should, in the view of the complainants, be considered as morally responsible for the crime.
- 147. In its letter of 10 November 1980, the Government encloses the reply which it received from the Ministry of Public Safety on this matter. According to the preliminary investigation undertaken by a public prosecutor of the Court of Summary Jurisdiction, a company vehicle which was transporting workers to the ETMA synthetic silk factory did in fact knock down the young student in question, who was trying to throw leaflets through the right-hand window of the vehicle, as it left the factory and turned right at 4.20 p.m. on 28 July 1980. She was drawn under the vehicle and fatally injured; after being taken to Piraeus hospital by ambulance, she was found to be dead on arrival. The driver of the company vehicle was arrested and brought before the Prosecutor of the Court of Summary Jurisdiction of Athens, where he was charged with manslaughter. According to the Ministry of Public Safety, he has been held under remand at Corydallos prison since 18 August 1980.
B. B. The Committee's conclusions
B. B. The Committee's conclusions
- 148. The Committee notes that the complainants have not presented any proof in support of their allegation that the management of the undertaking should be considered as morally responsible for the crime. The Committee, while deploring the death of the student concerned, notes that the Government immediately took action and that the driver was arrested and charged with manslaughter.
The Committee's recommendations
The Committee's recommendations
- 149. In these circumstances, the Committee recommends the Governing Body to request the Government to communicate the text of the judgement which will be handed down in this affair.
