"Greece orders tanker drivers to end strike" by Associated Press | July 30, 2010
ATHENS — Greece’s government used a rare emergency order Wednesday to force striking fuel tanker drivers back to work after their protest threatened tourism and began causing food shortages.
In AmeriKa the MSM would have us turning on the truckers.
The government issued the civil mobilization order on the third full day of a crippling strike that has closed most Greek gas stations. The standoff followed months of labor union opposition to austerity measures in debt-strapped Greece.
“No special interest has the right to hold Greek society hostage. No one has the right to paralyze the country — no one,’’ Finance Minister George Papaconstantinou said.
No one except DEBT-DEMANDING BANKERS when the check is due.
The union leader of the strike, Giorgos Tzortzatos, refused to say whether his members would comply with the order. “We are now soldiers of the Greek state and we’ll wait to see our order,’’ he told Alter television.
BACK to WORK! BACK to WORK!
The mobilization order, issued hours after negotiations between the government and strikers collapsed, requires drivers to return to work under national emergency provisions normally reserved for wartime and natural disasters, or face criminal prosecution with penalties carrying a five-year jail term....
It is a war, isn't it?
A CLASS WAR!
Protesting drivers oppose an overhaul in licensing rules that are part of economic austerity measures agreed upon in order for Greece to get rescue loans from European countries and the International Monetary Fund.
Yup, GOVERNMENT LEADERS and BANKS against EVERYONE ELSE!
IMF and European auditors are in Athens to inspect the progress of overhauls that slashed pensions and civil servants’ salaries and revamped the country’s welfare system.
An INVASION, if you will.
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