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Monday, November 5, 2012

Greek unions start 3 days of anti-austerity action




ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greece is facing three days of escalating anti-austerity strikes, with state hospital doctors, taxi drivers, transport workers and journalists walking off the job.

The prospect of more belt-tightening, following nearly three years of drastic income losses, has outraged unions, which have called a general strike Tuesday and Wednesday that will shut down all public services and disrupt transport.


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