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URGENT - Trade union leaders face 5 years in prison this Tuesday
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Saturday January 07, 2012 21:55 by Pól Ó Cionsalígh paulbkinsella at gmail dot com An Chúlóg, Báile Átha Cliath 17 0851478100
Got this from LabourStart yesterday. This is very disturbing and sinister, and it's not happening in some remote, tin-pot, 3rd World dictatorship!! This is happening in Europe! In Greece, a European Union (EU) Member. And what are the EU, who are so quick to blabber and bleat on about human right's abuses in Libya, Iran, Syria, and other places safely removed from Europe, doing and saying about this? Surprise! Surprise! Nothing, as it's the EU and their austerity policies that have led to this, and it wouldn't surprise me at all if the EU is orchestrating this behind the scenes as an attempt to smash Protests by the People and the Workers against their failed austerity policies. More than a dozen Greek trade unionists face prison on Tuesday. |
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sign petition here: ActNOW - A LabourStart campaign Greece: Trade union leaders arrested following protests http://www.labourstart.org/cgi-bin/solidarityforever/sh...=1231
These are the details of the charges and possible sentences:
"On 30 November 2011, fifteen trade unionists, including GENOP-DEH General Secretary Nikos Photopoulos, appeared in court, charged with " obstructing the forces of order” and “obstructing the correct functioning of the public services ". They face prison sentences of 6 months to 5 years without remission." [From: http://www.workersliberty.org/story/2011/12/13/stop-pro...reece].
More: Greek trade unionists say thanks for solidarity messages:
http://strongerunions.org/2012/01/09/greek-trade-unioni...ages/
Greek General Confederation of Labour
- Call for solidarity with Greek trade unionists: http://www.tuc.org.uk/international/tuc-20449-f0.cfm