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Perama dockyards...
Workers at the Perama dockyards gather around a monument to dead dockers in a moment of rememberance... |
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Double standards at play
It is certain that the senseless pay raises achieved by the workers of state-owned companies and utilities by blackmailing the entire country must be curbed, but the Greek people cannot help but wonder at the double standards being applied by the Ministry of Economy and Finance.
Salary hikes of up to 80 percent for judges have not only provoked the public's consternation because they are so high, but also because the decision was made by the judges themselves. The people remember that in previous cases concerning workers' back pay, the finance minister was not as open-handed. |
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Still time to protect Greece
When we held our meeting to decide on this week's lead story, we thought that maybe we were getting a little too negative by choosing to focus on the price gouging of tourists. People come here to have a good time, some of us argued, so maybe it gets to be a bit much to keep hearing about negative aspects to visiting Greece (or living here). In previous weeks we had already investigated how the haphazard opening times at museums and archaeological sites dishearten visitors, on the bad habits of taxi drivers, on how ferry companies are battling to control costs at a time of rising oil prices, and how prices for many goods and services are often more expensive in Greece than in other European countries (for everyone, not just visitors). |
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