Under the pretext of “austerity” the International Monetary Fund and the European Union are trying to further shackle and undermine Greece’s trade unions.
The Greek government is being pressurised to make strikes illegal unless they are supported by a majority of those called on to take action and to increase strike notice to employers.
The International Monetary Fund and the European Union also want a change in the law to allow workers in industrial disputes to be locked out, something which was banned by the socialist government in 1982, and to cut time off for representatives of civil service unions. ■