Strikes'R'Us
- Greek tension after passage of new austerity law
The Greek parliament has passed a second austerity law which will last until 2015. In the meantime protesters have started gathering in the heart of Athens ready to demonstrate over the parliament’s decision.World News - UK civil servants mount major strike against pension reform
More than half a million UK public sector workers are involved in industrial action to protest against government plans to change their pensions and freeze pay. Schools are closed and transport is being badly affected by the workers’ one-day strike.World News - Slash military budget not pensions – UK union leader
British union leader Mark Serwotka says public sector workers, who are going on a nationwide strike on June 30, will not allow the cabinet to go on with the planned cuts of budget spending.World News - Victory or death in Athens
It has been a month since Constitution Square (Syntagma Square), where the Greek Parliament sits, turned into a site of public protest against the government.World News - Greek government wins confidence vote
The Greek Parliament has won a crucial confidence vote, 155 for and 143 against, allowing it to proceed with savage new austerity cuts needed for another EU and IMF bailout loan.World News - Disabled workers strike to get paid
Criminal cases have been launched against the heads of a call center that stopped paying its 2,500 employees.World News
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