Posted on 10/01/2010 10:37:45 AM PDT by Lorianne
Greece's Socialist government is threatening to jail striking truck drivers who have defied an emergency order to return to work in a showdown over austerity reforms in the crisis-hit country.
A legal amendment being debated in parliament would see drivers who refuse to return to work stripped of their licenses and facing prison sentences of up to three years. Lawmakers are scheduled to vote on the proposal later Thursday.
Truck drivers have been striking since Sept. 13, opposing plans to overhaul licensing rules as part of measures Greece agreed to in order to receive international rescue loans and avoid bankruptcy.
The emergency order, normally reserved for times of crisis, was issued in late July during a previous protest.
(Excerpt) Read more at businessweek.com ...
They signed contracts and did not deliver. It’s entirely possible they would be prosecuted for fraud.
With the economy in pieces, the strikers can only disrupt the eocnomy more by not working and disrupting deliveries and who knows what else.
Yes, but the answer is to train and license other truckers who will do the work.
Welcome to what we are going to see here in the US soon. Probably starting in places like CA, IL, NY and spreading.
Greece is just one of the first to collapse, we have American states in similar condition.
We will eventually end up with our own austerity here, and unions (particular public sector unions) are going to go berserk. We are more likely to see mass strikes from teachers rather than truckers through.
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“They signed contracts and did not deliver. It’s entirely possible they would be prosecuted for fraud.”
Ummm...no. Let’s see: NYC sells you a cab medallion for $300K and the next day they announce that they will give them to anyone for $2000. Many are in debt to pay the now worthless licenses.
Socialism sounds so fun, doesn’t it? /s
It worked out great.
How'd that work out?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Professional_Air_Traffic_Controllers_Organization_(1968)#August_1981_strike
The Professional Air Traffic Controllers Organization or PATCO was a United States trade union which operated from 1968 until its decertification in 1981 following a strike which was broken by the Reagan Administration. The 1981 strike and defeat of PATCO has been called "one of the most important events in late twentieth century U.S. labor history."
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Which makes it more important than ever to think, “What could I not live without?” and go buy lots of it.
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