General Strike Brings Greece to a Halt


	General Strike Brings Greece to a Halt

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3-20-2008 2:36 PM

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Trade unions say millions of people took part in the 24-hour action, which was marked by large protests in Athens and Thessaloniki.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/7304154.stm"><div align="center"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/news.bbc.co.uk/img/ECFAF44F-AFE4-4AF5-A3C6-03DF881D6492" alt="Protest during a strike in Greece, 19 March 2008" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/7304154.stm"><P>
Unions describe the general strike - the third of its kind in as many months - as the biggest protest so far against the pension reform plan.
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It follows a wave of stoppages by workers from various sectors: 
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</P><UL><li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;">an ongoing two-week refuse collectors' strike has left piles of uncollected rubbish rotting on streets</LI><li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;">protest action by power sector workers has caused nationwide blackouts</LI><li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;">a public transport strike on Tuesday created traffic chaos in the capital Athens.</LI></UL></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/7304154.stm"><P>
Schools, ministries and banks were closed for the day. 
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Despite the inconveniences, it seems that most Greeks support the strikers.</blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/F363B1FA-08CA-4C84-86EC-EBA44FD8A2A5/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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