"Greek Workers Start 3-Day Nationwide Strike Against Austerity'

Submitted by syndicalist on May 8, 2016

'Greek Workers Start 3-Day Nationwide Strike Against Austerity"
http://www.telesurtv.net/english/news/Greek-Workers-Start-3-Day-Nationwide-Strike-Against-Austerity-20160506-0009.html

Any Greek comrades here that can update on current round of strikes, etc?

Spikymike

8 years 6 months ago

In reply to by libcom.org

Submitted by Spikymike on May 8, 2016

And the bail out deal is in trouble anyway due to some critical differences between the IMF and the EU/ECB. Both want continuing austerity for the workers but the IMF correctly demands some hefty 'write down' of debt by the EU/ECB as the only way the other measures have any chance of underpinning even a small recovery in the profitability of the Greek economy, although the growing global economic crisis may make even that a forlorn hope. Periodic token strikes of the sort seen so far (even if apparently militant by UK standards) will not resolve this in favour of the Greek working class.