Greece Greece braced for strikes over planned move to limit industrial action Unions promise walkouts as MPs prepare to vote on measures attached to 2015 bailout Alexis Tsipras’s leftist-led government has agreed that unions will have to have much larger quorums for strikes to be called. Photograph: Anadolu Agency/Getty ImagesGreece is braced for industrial action as its MPs prepare to vote on implementing some of the most politically sensitive measures attached to its 2015 bailout. On Monday, MPs will be called to endorse a “multi-bill” of emergency reforms that includes contentious legislation to limit industrial action. Unionists have reacted with a barrage of strikes, with more work stoppages and walkouts promised. We will take to the streets.”In the nearly nine years since its descent into economic crisis, an estimated 50 general strikes have been held in Greece with workers viewing industrial action as sacrosanct.

Source: The Guardian January 14, 2018 18:17 UTC