Monday, June 27, 2011

Greek unions urge huge anti-austerity strike turnout

Reuters
June 27, 2011

Greece's main labor unions called on Monday for massive turnout in a 48 hour strike this week which they said could help overthrow the austerity policies imposed by international lenders as the price for a bailout.

ADEDY, the public sector union representing half a million civil servants and its private sector equivalent GSEE, which represents 2 million workers, have called the two-day stoppage to coincide with a vote in parliament which the government must win to avert the threat of immediate default.

"The strike may prove a catalyst in overthrowing the austerity policies, helping the country to break loose from the chains of its lenders," ADEDY said in a statement on Monday.

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