Debt Crisis: Greek workers protest against cuts

It was the latest in a series of protests as anger grows over waves of spending cuts and tax hikes amid recession

ATHENS: Hundreds of people from Greece’s two main private and public sector unions protested in central Athens on Saturday to condemn the government’s new bailout deal from international lenders. Around 1,500 people marched to the capital’s main Syntagma Square, in front of the Greek parliament, with banners proclaiming: “No to the new memorandum” and “Resist!” It was the latest in a series of protests as anger grows over waves of spending cuts and tax hikes amid a deep recession and job layoffs, as the government battles to steer the debt-ridden country out of crisis.

Published in The Express Tribune, June 5^th, 2011.