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(PLF) Fully support the General Strike in Greece and demanded to Prime Minister of Greece to accept the demands of the Greek workers

(PLF) Fully support the General Strike in Greece and demanded to Prime Minister of Greece to accept the demands of the Greek workers

on behalf of the Executive Board of Pakistan Labour Federation (PLF) we are supporting the demands of the Greece workers and congratulates the two main Trade Union Federations, The General Confederation of Employees of Greece (GSEE) and the Civil Servants’ Confederation (ADEDY). And the workers of the Transport including schools, universities and hospitals, for their fully participation in the Strike .and due to this strike Many flights were cancelled and Ferry services were severely disrupted.

We salute the peoples /Workers of Greece to organized this biggest demonstration in Athens, and marched through the centre of the city chanting: We also expressed our solidarity with the protests in Spain and Portugal.
we also demanded the Greece Government No further reductions in wages and pensions; Don’t changes in Labour Laws to gave more power to Employers to lay off workers; No reduction of special social and welfare benefits for pensioners, ;
No elimination of 150,000 public-sector jobs by 2015 and to stop the drastic cuts in funding for education and health care. We also condemned the action of Police to Fired Tear Gas on the Peaceful Demonstrators
.we also demanded the New Prime Minister Excellency Antonis Samaras, to protect the rights of Greek peoples /Workers, and accepts their demands. "Not cutting wages, pensions and benefits of workers.

(Haji Muhammad Saeed Arian) (Mrs Atia Saleem)