Syntagma Square sits in front of the Greek parliament and, as well as resistance to the cuts from outside of parliament, workers inside the building (who have special pay rights compared to other workers) stormed into the parliament chamber and briefly halted the vote. .
Syntagma Square sits in front of the Greek parliament and, as well as resistance against the cuts outside parliament, workers inside the building (who have special pay rights compared to other workers) stormed into the parliament chamber and briefly halted the vote. .
The military has also retained an anachronistic quota, reserving at least half of the new Parliament for "workers and farmers," a rule that has been used to manipulate election results in Egypt since the presidency of Gamal Abdel Nasser.
While the squeeze of the last parliament affected workers across the income spectrum, the foundation says low-paid households are set to be hardest hit over the next five years, because they are particularly affected by planned welfare cuts.
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In the area around the parliament building, some workers fled their offices while others were advised to lock themselves in and stay away from windows.
And one of the great troves was deep below the center of downtown Athens, at Syntagma Square, home of the Greek parliament, where subway workers kept uncovering relics.
Jack Dromey, former general secretary of the Transport and General Workers union and now a Labour MP, said: "Irene Rosenfeld has added insult to injury by snubbing parliament and Cadbury workers.
Photograph: KATIA CHRISTODOULOU/EPA 4.39pm GMT Many of the people gathered outside the Cyprus parliament are bank workers who fear they will lose their jobs.
Now, we are both stunned and thrilled to see that this global action is truly escalating and gaining force, with union workers, parliament members, celebrities and women of all backgrounds coming forward to join the campaign.
