Twenty-five thousand people, according to police, demonstrated Saturday 1 November in Athens against austerity to call the Pame, the Labor Front close to the Communist Party.
“We are not just numbers, we deserve the conditions of human life, “chanted protesters in Syntagma square, facing the Parliament in Athens.
Mille unions representing the public and private sectors throughout Greece have met Saturday to denounce besides “the 1.5 million officially unemployed there are more than 500,000 employees who are not paid for months” as the banners held by the Labor Front.
“We must make the political choice to boost growth, reopen factories, create jobs, boost consumption,” said AFP Gregoris Papadopoulos, 45, a former employee of Coca-Cola factory in Thessaloniki (northern ) closed it a year ago.
Fotini Mitsakosta, teacher came Livadia (center) to show in Athens, “the crisis is not over. My salary has been reduced by over 40% since 2011, I have debts and I am unable to pay school fees for my children. “
The unions of private and public, GSEE and ADEDY, called for a general strike on November 27 in Greece to protest the continuation of austerity measures in the draft state budget for 2015.
6500 employees dismissed in 2015
Greece is committed to its creditors to implement the restructuring plan of its finances, including the European part comes to an end by the end of December.
The draft state budget 2015 to be presented to Parliament by the end of November, provides tax relief, but it continues a general policy of austerity and cuts in public spending.
The dismissal of 6,500 employees and a potential budget hole for 2015 remain a headache for the government, which would get rid of the IMF plan at the end of the year, a year and a half earlier than expected. Over the past two years, the wave of protests in Greece faltered because of fatigue and some people renewed economic and political stability.
More than 20,000 events were recorded by the Police in Greece since 2010.
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