Wednesday, October 5, 2011

Teetering On Bankruptcy, Greece Decides To Go On Strike




Greece Staggered By 24-Hour Civil Servants' Strike -- NPR/AP

Greek civil servants walked off the job on a 24-hour strike Wednesday, paralyzing the public sector in a protest over ever-deeper austerity measures applied as the government struggles to avoid a catastrophic default.

At least 16,000 protesters converged in central Athens, and a crowd of about 10,000 gathered in the northern city of Thessaloniki. They chanted slogans, banged drums and blew whistles.

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More News On The Greek Crisis

Transport shut down as protesters and police clash in Athens -- Deutsche Welle
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