Posted on 05/05/2010 9:35:12 AM PDT by mainsail that
ATHENS, May 5 (Reuters) - Greek civil servants will strike again next week to protest against austerity measures, the public sector union ADEDY said on Wednesday.
"We will continue our struggle. We will meet tomorrow morning to announce a strike for early next week," Ilias Vrettakos, deputy head of ADEDY, told Reuters after public and private sector workers staged a nationwide strike on Wednesday.
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I think the Greeks should strike until the world gives them trillions of dollars to stop.
Which will never happen.
I hate unions.
“...to protest against austerity measures...
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What do they expect to accomplish with the strikes when the country is broke? Someone enlighten me, please.
What "struggle"... you pathetic spoiled piece of modern Euro-s***? You and your socialist coherts in the leisure class have never struggled in your entire lives. You have no idea what a struggle is a- you've been leeching off of others for a generation now.
Three dead? Once they start killing and firebombing, they become a danger to the innocent and need to be dealt with in an EXTREMELY harsh manner - like being shot through the melon on sight.
not to worry. Barry will bail out his socialist brethern via US taxpayers and the IMF.
They are about to find out what happens when they demand and demand until they are blue in the face and the other side simply says “no”.
Greece is pretty much now a third world country.
Taxed too much!
http://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2010/05/026229.php
“In Marxist theory, the Communist Party represented the interests of productive workers, the value of whose labor is expropriated by others. That was wrong, but at least it had a certain coherence.
Greek Communists (and more generally, 21st century socialists) stand for something quite different: the “right” to be supported by the labor of others (in the Greek case, Germans); the “right” to be a sponge, forever; the “right” to be an exploiter. It would be hard to think of a less attractive political program.”
Total disaster and another junta! Tourism makes up 15-20% of their economy. Would you book a trip to Greece right now?
"More from Kate Connolly in Berlin. She reports that insurance experts are advising German travellers to Greece that they may be entitled to cancel their holidays and get full refunds, if they are at risk of having them ruined or if their lives are endangered due to the general strike in Greece:
There's already evidence that substantial numbers of Germans have cancelled holidays to Greece, normally a popular destination for them, or avoided it altogether this summer because of the considerable ill-feeling that exists in Greece over Germany's reluctance to help the country out. Swastikas have been waved in the streets of Athens, etc. Some populist commentators are saying that Germans being punished twice for the Greek disaster – 1. they'll be paying it for years in capped wages, higher debt, etc. 2. their holidays are being ruined to boot.
Tourism is a vital part of the Greek economy, generating close to a fifth of its GDP (estimates vary)."
http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/blog/2010/may/05/eu-debt-crisis-greece-live-nlog
Yup, the US is putting up 17% of the 143 billion bailout $ from the IMF(corruption)
Does these striking public service workers still get paid when they walk out? I would not be surprised if they do.
This is a "teachable moment" for America.
Look at what the public sector unions have done to Greece.
Look at what the Greek unions are doing now.
Now look at the plans of the SEIU and AFL-CIO.
Now look at the marches organized by the SEIU and AFL-CIO.
QED.
Here’s how a great President handled striking public workers.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e5JSToyiyr8
They can just print money on toilet paper. It will spend just the same.
And striking public sector workers? Who’s gonna notice?
No, we have enough government employee union thugs over here. No need to travel.
Regan first the PATCO workers classic America.
Obama is a communist so doing what is good for America is not good for Obama.
The Greek unions should just keep striking until things get better.
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