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17. Greek workers mark May Day with strike over austerity

Wed May 1, 2013, 08:39 AM

May 2013

http://www.irishtimes.com/news/world/europe/greek-workers-mark-may-day-with-strike-over-austerity-1.1378866

Trains and ferries were cancelled and hospital staff walked out in Greece today as workers marked May Day with a strike against harsh austerity required by the country’s foreign lenders.

Elsewhere, Turkish riot police fired water cannon and teargas to disperse crowds gathering in central Istanbul for a rally on what has become a traditional labour holiday.

Greece’s 24-hour walkout was called by its two major public and private sector unions. It is the latest in a long line of strikes and protests in the debt-laden country ravaged by its sixth year of recession and popular fury over wage and spending cuts.

“Our message today is very clear: Enough with these policies which hurt people and make the poor poorer,” Ilias Iliopoulos, general secretary of public sector union ADEDY, told Reuters.

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