Greek workers strike in anti-austerity campaign
Thursday, March 11, 2010 - 07:37 AM
Debt-plagued Greece is today facing the start of a new wave of industrial action against painful spending cuts.
Workers walked off the job at midnight, in the second major strike called by the country’s two largest unions in a week.
Demonstrations are planned in Athens and other major cities.
The government said tough savings are the only way to dig Greece out of a crisis that hurt the common European currency.
Journalists, teachers, state hospital doctors and air traffic controllers are among those striking, while officers from the police, fire service and coast guard plan to join protest rallies.
Most public transport in Athens will be idle, as will ferry and train services nationwide.
