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Greece: Subway Workers Ordered to Halt Their Strike in Athens Subway Workers Ordered to Halt Their Strike in Athens
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The government invoked an emergency measure on Thursday to order striking subway workers in Athens back to work, with those defying it risking dismissal, arrest and jail in an escalating standoff over austerity measures. In a swift response, unions announced immediate strikes that halted all public transportation across the capital for the rest of the day. Subway employees angered by pay cuts that they say will reach 25 percent of their salaries had defied a court order to return to work, sending their strike into an eighth day. With traffic clogging the capital’s major streets, the government announced a civil mobilization order for the Athens subway. Under the “peacetime emergencies” law, striking employees must return to work or face arrest and layoffs.The government invoked an emergency measure on Thursday to order striking subway workers in Athens back to work, with those defying it risking dismissal, arrest and jail in an escalating standoff over austerity measures. In a swift response, unions announced immediate strikes that halted all public transportation across the capital for the rest of the day. Subway employees angered by pay cuts that they say will reach 25 percent of their salaries had defied a court order to return to work, sending their strike into an eighth day. With traffic clogging the capital’s major streets, the government announced a civil mobilization order for the Athens subway. Under the “peacetime emergencies” law, striking employees must return to work or face arrest and layoffs.