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Union Leaders Call For Coordinated Socialist Strike Across All Of Europe

Business Insider ^ | 09/28/2010 | Vincent Fernando CFA

Posted on by SeekAndFind

This can't be pretty for governments pushing spending cuts:

The European Trade Union Confederation is planning what could be the largest rally in a decade, in Brussels and against austerity measures.. They are also calling for general strikes and rallies across all of Europe:

AFP:

"We will demonstrate to voice our concern over the economic and social context, which will be compounded by austerity measures," John Monks, general secretary of the European Trade Union Confederation.... This is a crucial day for Europe, because our governments, virtually all of them, are about to embark on solid cuts in public expenditures... They're doing this at a time where the economy is very close to recession, and almost certainly you'll see the economy go back into recession as the effect of these cuts take place."

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Similar marches are scheduled in Greece, Ireland, Italy, Latvia and Serbia, with labour leaders across the board clamouring for growth and protesting the injustice of workers paying for the errors of the financial sector.

"Those responsible for this crisis, the banks, the financial markets and the ratings agencies are all too quick in asking for help from states and public budgets and today want the workers to pay for their debts," said French labour leader Jean-Claude Mailly, who heads the FO union.

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"We're a rich part of the world," said Monks.

"We're going to keep this campaign going, fight for growth, fight for jobs, fight to protect social Europe. Don't go down the austerity route."



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To: SeekAndFind

If only they would do it here. We would find them not needed.



To: SeekAndFind



We demand economic expansion!

Hear us clamor for growth! Workers of the World Unite!We demand economic expansion!Hear us clamor for growth! And we're gonna sit right here and refuse to work until we see more growth!



by 3 posted onby ClearCase_guy (Things will change after the revolution, but not before.)

To: SeekAndFind

The socialist unions feel no responsibility what ever,

pathetic.



by 4 posted onby tet68 ( " We would not die in that man's company, that fears his fellowship to die with us...." Henry V.)

To: screaminsunshine

Here in flyover country we would be pretty much unaffected. The cities on the other hand would be paralyzed. Dependence is slavery.



by 5 posted onby cripplecreek (Remember the River Raisin! (look it up))

To: SeekAndFind

Sounds like a great idea. If it happened here the entire government would be on vacation. Because most union workers work for government here.



To: tet68

it would be madcap funny if it weren’t so disastrous for all concerned. don’t these yokels have families they supposedly need to look out for? those families can’t live on “pride.”



by 7 posted onby HiTech RedNeck (I am in America but not of America (per bible: am in the world but not of it))

To: SeekAndFind

injustice of workers paying for the errors of the financial sector. NEWSFLASH... The financial sector is where your jobs come from! How in the world do they think a strike will make their employment situation better? What hurts the company hurts it’s workers. They are shooting themselves in the foot with this one.



To: ClearCase_guy

Don’t forget that the growth they want is growth without profit, and growth without exploitation of natural resources. And of course, exactly what you posted: growth without effort. With such mass stupidity, our civilization is in great peril.



by 9 posted onby henkster (A broken government does not merit full faith and credit.)

To: tet68

Remember those riots in Greece? One out of four Greeks works for the government. Those were government employees smashing windows and burning the businesses and property of the tax payers.



by 10 posted onby massgopguy (I owe everything to George Bailey)

To: SeekAndFind

I think one of my biggest beefs with unions is when economic times are good, or even okay, they are there, hat in hand, guilt-flinging their demand for a bigger share of the pie. But during economic hard times, they fight tooth and nail to avoid sharing in the pain, demanding everyone else pay the price for their greed.



by 11 posted onby caseinpoint (Don't get thickly involved in thin things.)

To: SeekAndFind

It sucks to be ‘EU’



To: SeekAndFind

Awesome. I love seeing statists eat their own hands.

Frowning takes 68 muscles.

Smiling takes 6.

Pulling this trigger takes 2.

I'm lazy.



To: SeekAndFind

I’m surprised Portugal isn’t mentioned in the article, too.



by 14 posted onby ConjunctionJunction (I can see November from my house!)

To: maine yankee

RE: It sucks to be EU If you really look at it, there really is very little “U” in the “EU”.



To: massgopguy

RE: One out of four Greeks works for the government Actually it’s larger than one out of three. Which makes it even worse.



To: SeekAndFind

The solution is simple - fire them and hire replacements.



by 17 posted onby meyer (Tax the productive to carry the freeloaders - What is it with democrats and slavery?)

To: SeekAndFind

Do it, and bring it here to the US in all it’s Marxist glory!



by 18 posted onby DTogo (High time to bring back the Sons of Liberty !!)

To: SeekAndFind

The should arrest the “Union Leaders” for criminal conspiracy and treason.



by 19 posted onby Little Ray (The Gods of the Copybook Headings with terror and slaughter return!)

To: massgopguy

Remember those riots in Greece? One out of four Greeks works for the government. Those were government employees smashing windows and burning the businesses and property of the tax payers. Wait till the millions of government employees in the U.S. are told their lottery style pensions are being cut, reduced or eliminated. Only a matter of time.



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