Brussels, 29/01/2013 (Agence Europe) - On Tuesday 29 January, the European Trade Union Confederation (ETUC) criticised the Greek government hard for requisitioning the Athens metro because it wanted to put an end to a strike. The appeal to legislation on civil requisition - which has “virtually never been referred to since the collapse of the military dictatorship in 1974” - to carry out austerity measures “is unacceptable”, the ETUC said.
The Greek metro strike. The Greek...