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Greece, - a lesson to be learned, ...
« on: April 30, 2010, 02:03:49 AM »
"The Socialist government, elected in October on a promise to tax the rich and help the poor, has already announced three sets of austerity measures since revealing last year that the budget deficit had shot up to more than twice previous forecasts. The public sector union ADEDY, which represents half a million workers, called on Friday for a four-hour work stoppage on Tuesday to protest against the belt-tightening, on top of a 24-hour nationwide strike already decided for Wednesday."