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ลำดับตอนที่ #113 : Greece hit by general strike over pension and tax change
Shipping,
public transport and civil service departments were among sectors hit in a bid to stop the
introduction of tax and pension changes.
The
sudden 48-hour strike on Friday and Saturday was called in addition to action
previously planned for Sunday.
Greece's
left-led government is due to a vote on the tax changes on Sunday.
The
next tranche of
about €5bn (£4bn) is overdue,
after talks with Greece's international lenders faltered over the pace of reforms.
Unions
said a proposed overhaul
of the pensions system and rises in social security contributions were designed to win favour
with eurozone finance ministers, who are due to discuss Greece's bailout money
on Monday.
Greece's
largest labour union, the private sector GSEE, said the changes, were the
"last nail on the
coffin" for workers and pensioners. A spokesman said: "They
are trying to prove to the Eurogroup that they are good students but they are
destroying Greece's social security system."
In
Athens, no public transport service was working on Friday morning as metro,
tram, bus and rail workers refused to work.
Train
services across the country were halted, and ferries linking mainland Greece to
the islands remained anchored
in port. The strike by the powerful PNO seafarers union's strike is set to last until
Tuesday morning.
Air
travel was not affected by the strike. Airport workers staged their own industrial action last
month.
The
nationwide strikes are the fourth to be called since Prime Minister Alexis
Tsipras's government won re-election after organising a referendum on the
country's bailout.
Mr
Tsipras was elected on an initial anti-austerity pledge but later signed up to
Greece's third international bailout since 2010. He has a thin majority with
153 MPs in a 300-seat parliament.
strike (v.)
to refuse to continue working because of anargument with an employer about working conditions,pay levels,
or job losses:
austerity (n.)
the condition of living without unnecessarythings and without comfort,
with limited money orgoods,
or a practice, habit,
or experience that is typical of this:
a difficult economic situation caused by agovernment reducing the amount of money it spends:
bailout (n.)
the act of helping a person or organization that is indifficulty,
usually by giving or giving or lending money:
bid (v.)
to offer a particular amount of money for something
that is for sale and compete against other peopleto buy it, especially at a public sale of goods or property:
If two or more people bid for a job,
they competewith
each other to do the work by offering to do it for aparticular amount of money:
tranche (n.)
one of several parts of afinancial arrangement, payment, amount,
etc.:
overdue (adj.)
not done or happening when expected or when needed;
late:
faltered (v.)
to lose strength or purpose and stop,
or almost stop:
to move awkwardly as if you
might fall:
pace (n.)
the speed at which
someone or something moves,
or with which something happens or changes:
overhaul (v.)
to repair or improve something so
that every part of itworks as it should:
last nail on
the coffin
an event that causes the failure of something that had
already started to fail
seafarers (n.)
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