Observatoire des droits humains (anglais seulement)

Greek Public Sector Workers Strike as Job Cuts Run into 5th Straight Year

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Greek public sector workers shut schools and left hospitals on emergency staffing levels on Wednesday to protest thousands of additional job cuts demanded by foreign lenders even as unemployment holds near record highs. Doctors, teachers and school guards joined the 24-hour strike and planned marches to parliament, the focal point of anti-austerity protests, where lawmakers will debate a draft bill on public sector reforms. Labor unions fear Greece will have to impose even...

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