Greece Approves Dismissal of 30,000 State Staff

[marmar]

Published on Monday, October 3, 2011 by Irish Times
Greece Approves Dismissal of 30,000 State Staff

by Damian Mac Con Uladh


WITH GREEK government approval last night of the effective dismissal of thousands of civil servants by Christmas, Greece’s socialist Pasok government now faces the more difficult task of implementation in a deteriorating economic climate.

Under the so-called labor reserve plan, which George Papandreou’s cabinet passed last night, 30,000 public sector workers will be suspended from their duties on 60 per cent pay by the end of December. If, after a year, they fail to find another civil service position, they will be dismissed.

The cabinet also approved a draft budget for 2012 that will see additional cuts and tax-raising measures worth €6.6 billion.

After the meeting, the finance ministry confirmed that Greece will miss its 2011 and 2012 budget deficit targets set by the EU and the International Monetary Fund, with the deficit for this year expected to reach 8.5 per cent of gross domestic product, above the target of 7.8 per cent. ..............(more)

The complete piece is at: http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2011/10/03

[no_hypocrisy]

1. Jesus

[xchrom]

2. recommend

[leftstreet]

3. This should go over well with Greek citizens

not

K&R

[SoCalDem]

4. and with a stroke of a pen, ruin the lives of probably 90K people

how benevolent:puke:

[Harmony Blue]

5. More evidence

that austerity doesn't work, and bending over backwards for bankers doesn't work for governments.

[FarCenter]

6. They actually need to dismiss more like 200,000 immediately

This is too little, too late.

[tk2kewl]

7. consider yourself dismissed.

:hi: <=== goodbye, not hello

[The Backlash Cometh]

8. 30,000 people out on the streets without jobs.

That will make things better in the long run, I'm sure.