Thursday, October 18, 2012

Greek Workers Walk Out in National Strike to Protest Austerity

Tens of thousands of Greeks joined the a second nationwide strike in three weeks on Thursday, moving to bring the country to a near-standstill in a bid to show European Union leaders meeting in Brussels that fresh austerity cuts being demanded by Greece’s lenders would cripple society and further depress an already battered economy. 


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The New York Times