Deal Saves Greece -Unions Vow No Peace

[katty]

Read more: http://www.nypost.com/p/news/international/deal_aves_greece_unions_vow_no_peace_1fpMJODEDT6W5WdMSANlRM#ixzz0mtuVoDav


After chiding Athens for years of mismanagement and cheating on budget reports, the IMF and Greece's 15 partners in use of the euro rewarded Prime Minister George Papandreou for agreeing to tough measures, including cuts in civil servants' pay.

Overpaid and underworked public workers for years had enjoyed a deal sweeter than baklava -- including an unbelievable two months extra pay every year just for showing up to work.

They'll have to give up some -- but not all -- of their incredible perks under the deal.

And they've vowed to fight.

Workers are threatening a nationwide general strike Wednesday, and police are poised for massive protests they fear will turn violent amid acts of civil disobedience.

The givebacks demanded by the European Union include:

* Civil servants will lose their



Read more: http://www.nypost.com/p/news/international/deal_aves_greece_unions_vow_no_peace_1fpMJODEDT6W5WdMSANlRM#ixzz0mtuVoDav

[bemildred]

1. The US Congress has "incredible perks", workers in Greece do not. nt

[Daveparts still]

2. Greece wasn't Saved

Greece was sold into servitude.