Labour Research June 2011

European news

Greek general strike

Greek unions also organised a general strike last month, calling their members out on 11 May. The second general strike this year, it paralysed much of the country.

Organised in opposition to the government’s austerity programme, the strike coincided with the arrival of officials from the EU and the International Monetary Fund, who could well ask for further cuts as well as additional privatisation in return for more financial support.