Summary

A 24-hour general strike in Greece on Wednesday shut down transport, schools, and government offices as workers protested high living costs.

Unions are demanding a 10% pay raise and the return of holiday bonuses cut during Greece’s financial crisis.

They accuse Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis of not doing enough to tackle inflation, despite recent minimum wage increases.

Hospitals operated on emergency staff, while protests and marches were planned.

Many say wages have not kept up with the rising costs of energy, food, and rent.

  • @GiddyGap@lemm.ee
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    629 days ago

    Well, based on the recent election results, I suspect there’s literally no limit to how low Americans will go.

    • @JasonDJ@lemmy.zip
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      29 days ago

      Badwater Basin? Lower.

      Lake Assal? Lower.

      Dead Sea? Lower.

      The canyon under the Denman Glacier? Lower.

      Challenger Deep? Lower.

      TO THE DEPTHS OF HELL‽

      Lower.

      • @JasonDJ@lemmy.zip
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        129 days ago

        Bonus Panel: do the rising sea levels from anthropogenic climate change give us a bit of an advantage?