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Strikes over pension cripple Greece

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A bill increasing the retirement age and reducing benefits is the cause of the strikes.
16 years ago, March 12th 2008 No: 1 Msg: #29721  
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it's expected that metro workers will walk off the job Thursday, stranding about 1 million commuters.



Not just rubbish collection and transport services, it sounds like more will follow and things could drag on.

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