Posted on 04/08/2010 7:27:02 AM PDT by mainsail that
Athens. The two major trade unions in Greece – the General Confederation of the Employees in the Public sector (ADEDI) and the General Confederation of Greek Workers (GSEE) are on high alert and are getting ready for new wave of strikes and protests over the draft bill for reforms in the pension-insurance system, Greek Express daily reports.
State employees have already planned a protest meeting in downtown Athens on Thursday, while on Friday there will be a sitting of the general council of ADEDI, which is very likely to declare a strike on April 20 – 22. GSEE is also expected to pass decision for a general strike.
On the other hand, the All-Workers Militant Front (PAME), which is connected to the communist party, is preparing a meeting in front of the parliament in Athens, as well as in other big cities. The protests and strikes are directed against the economic measures of the government and the reforms planned in the pension-insurance system. According to ADEDI, people working in the public sector will lose up to 3 salaries a year as a result of the measures announced by the Greek cabinet.
Sounds like their version of the SEIU.
It’s what they have in Minnesota state government.
What is that supposed to mean?
“What is that supposed to mean? “
I’ll try to guess. Suppose you get $60,000 a year or $5,000 a month. The government cuts your salary by $10,000 and increases taxes by $5,000 so you lose $15,000 a year, or three salaries.
Greeks do get 14 salaries though for a 7.30-2.30 day with an extended lunch break.
Every time unions want to strike, they should be fired. It would end all their childish acting real quick.
The only sane meaning I can think of is that the Greeks are considering cutting their pay from 15 months a year to the usual 12.
I hope it doesn’t mean that all those unionists used to have four jobs each and are now only getting paid for one of them. But it’s Greece, the most fiscally insane country on Earth, so who knows?
They should think twice - government strikes often have the nasty side-effect to revealing to the public just how irrelevant most government jobs are. :)
How would anybody notice if union “workers” weren’t working?
The irony being, with the Greeks they probably had the strike organized a couple of years ago, even before the sh*t hit the fan..
but if you are a reporter, where do you want your company to send you?
an all expense account trip to Greece ORRRrrrr a iraq?
minimum wage is about 500 euros A MONTH?
where did you get that number?
I don't know either, but; that's some good guessing. Salute.
If your an American, you will get a much warmer reception from the Iraqi people than you will from the Greeks..
Strike or no strike the basic fact remains the same, “we ain’t got no money, Honey.”
I used American numbers for simplicity, but the Greek salary isn’t 500 euros on average.
I don’t think anyone mentioned minimum wage. Though if anywhere in the world was going to have a minimum wage for Govt workers higher than the average wage: Greece would be my first guess.
Anyway, God bless the Greeks. Their shrill sense of entitlement commingled with anarchy and sloth is bringing down the EU. Kudos!
>>And the real pain hasn’t started yet:
Yep. Several long, hot, summers ahead....
Public service working hours during all year are 07:30 – 14:30 from Monday to Friday with exceptions obviously.
Banking hours during all year, are 08:00 - 14:30 from Monday to Thursday and 08:00 - 14:00 on Friday.
Private sector working hours are 09:00 - 13:00, 15:00 - 18:00 Monday to Friday for the period September 15th - May 31st and 08:00 - 13:00, 16:00 - 19:00 Monday to Friday, for the period June 1st - September 14th.
Obviously most private busineses open earlier and stay open later and if you have even been there you'd know that.
bringing down the EU
Whatever way they manage to do that, it will go down as the umpteeth time they have saved western civilization.
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.