Unions to hold Europe-wide protest
Trade unions have called an anti-austerity protest across the European Union on February 29, eve of an EU summit.
"The slogan will be 'Enough is enough!' Austerity measures are not the only response to the crisis," said Bernadette Segol, secretary-general of the European Trade Union Confederation (ETUC).
She said the aim of the day-long protest was to call on EU leaders to make employment their top priority.
Heads of state and government are to gather in Brussels on March 1 and 2 to agree a so-called fiscal compact aimed at tightening budgetary discipline between the eurozone nations.
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Peter Murray
Jan 25th, 18:11
Basta e Basta -and I'm talking about the EU financial terrorists and their take on non-existant austerity measures.Don't do as we do - but you must do as we say ,is their guiding motto !
C Cassar
Jan 25th, 19:51
It's the Unions who have been the terrorists over the last 50 years. Austerity measures are necessary in many countries. Where else is the money to come from? Unions always think there's some huge never ending money supply. They have caused much of the problems by holding hostage many companies for unrealistic pay deals for millions of workers. Unrealistic pensions whjere the worker doesn't contribute enough to the fund and yet gets a pension that pays more than they put in - unsustainable and what has led to the current situation.
The unions are now reaping what they have sown over many years.
Strikes? Simple, bring in the army and arrest those who cause disruption to those who actually want to work for realistic incomes.
Emma Xerri
Jan 26th, 00:06
@C. Cassar
it is about time that the populance wakes up. For decades the fascist in charge have been squeezing the Unions and blaming the workers for everything, in the meantime it is their cohorts who have been cooking the books, becoming rich and richer and working to establish their agenda under the guise of 'humanitarian and multiculturalist' rhetoric to advance their cause of globalisation and one world government. If you scratch the surface, it would not be long before you will see the old familiar faces of not so long ago, you know the ones that were supposed to have lost the last world war.
Julian Borg
Jan 25th, 17:08
Want to bet the GWU will jump on the bandwagon even though the Govt has not implemented any austerity measures?
Peter Murray
Jan 25th, 17:53
What planet are you inhabiting and get real please will you if you want to maintain any semblance of credibility .No austerity measures implemented yet by the government -really!Your cheque is in the post!
Andreas Moser
Jan 25th, 17:00
And what is their alternative to austerity?
Spending more of other people's money?
I bet we will see the biggest strikes in Greece, where the attitude to austerity is best personified by the not very austere Finance Minister: http://andreasmoser.wordpress.com/2012/01/24/evangelos_venizelos/
Peter Murray
Jan 25th, 17:57
And the difference in attitude between Malta and Greece -especially the Finance Minister's-applying austerity is.....or does the Greek Finance Minister fly private plane class also and not accept -for over 2 years-a massive pay hike?
Emma Xerri
Jan 26th, 06:34
I think what the Greeks want is that austerity should not only be for the lower classes but applied to all, especially the wealthy classes who get out from paying their dues through various schemes, clever tax lawyers and accountants and even get their taxes back in the forms of business incentives.
As for the general strike, what the Unions are saying is correct. Austerity measures are not the only way to remedy the situation in Europe - there are many other means which have not been explored. In fact, some economists and even the rating agencies themselves see austerity as being counter-productive to lifting Europe our of recession - what is needed is more investements to get the economy moving.
S. Zammit
Jan 25th, 16:09
Nahseb li il-GWU jidhlu ghalija. Just for the fun of it!