Greek unions to strike over reforms

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Series Details 16.12.09
Publication Date 16/12/2009
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Article says that Greek trade unions vow to go ahead with a 24-hour strike on the 17 December 2009, will further undermine the Prime Minister’s efforts to push through reforms aimed at calming market fears of a sovereign default.

George Papandreou, the Socialist Prime Minister, held crisis talks on the 15 December 2009 with the opposition in an effort to win agreement for austerity measures and head off strikes and further social unrest.

Related Links
ESO: Background information: Greeks demand action on debt crsis / Greeks move on costs and corruption http://www.europeansources.info/record/greeks-demand-action-on-debt-crisis-greeks-move-on-costs-and-corruption/
Kathimerini, 15.12.09: PM urges economic unity http://www.ekathimerini.com/4dcgi/_w_articles_politics_100002_15/12/2009_113327
BBC News, 15.12.09: Greece PM Papandreou sets out anti-corruption plan http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/8413391.stm

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