THIS IS WHAT WE ARE TRYING TO AVOID IN AMERICA! These UNIONS would rather see their country FAIL EPICLY and bring down the entire European Union then do whatever it takes to right a wrong. There is no cooperation. The UNIONS selfishness will not only destroy their country's economy but their livlihoods as well. All of you want something for nothing. The government UNIONS are very much like parasites sucking up all of the life blood that eventually leads to KILLING THE HOST. Well guess what... as you are finding out now that egregious lifestyle you've been enjoying couldn't last for long. Ponzi schemes always FAIL. European Socialist countries are in an ECONOMIC SINK HOLE! I hope that you succeed in making the much needed changes. It is in everybody's best interest.
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Los Angeles Times
written by Devorah Lauter
Thursday September 30, 2010
Reporting from Paris — Thousands of European workers took their battle against punishing public spending cuts to the streets Wednesday, a show of force that came as governments struggle to reel in high deficits at a time of sluggish economic growth.
Striking workers marched in cities from Athens to Bucharest, protesting cuts to jobless benefits, public service wages and pensions that threaten to undo the European SOCIAL WELFARE model.
Most of the marches were peaceful. But there was violence, too: in Barcelona, where demonstrators clashed with police and in Greece, where a three-week-long truckers strike led to shots being fired at a convoy of police-escorted trucks that were delivering goods despite the strike.
The economically troubled European countries are trying to cut their spending and demonstrate financial strength to investors and others, but are seeing the labor unions challenge their proposals as harmful to workers.
Demonstrations Wednesday included a gathering in Brussels of UNION representatives from about 30 countries, according to protest organizers. Thousands of protesters participated in marches on buildings associated with the European Union, according to union representatives and police.
"No to austerity, employment and growth are priorities," read one sign in Brussels.
In Spain, a rare national strike had buses and regional trains functioning at a snail's pace, in protest against emergency austerity measures by Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero's Socialist government.
"The cuts are bad for the people," said Violeta Doval, 29, a protester in Madrid, and a sociologist. "These measures don't touch the cause of the situation, and they won't create employment.… The first thing the government did was to help the banks by giving them a lot of money, and then a little later they want to solve the problem by just taking money from the workers."
Spain's deficit of over three times the European Union standard of 3% of gross domestic product, has spooked international markets fearful of a scenario that led to the near bankruptcy of debt-ridden Greece this year.
Under international pressure, Spain has promised cuts in public sector salaries, unemployment checks and pensions, while reducing job security benefits and making it easier for companies to fire workers.
As in other parts of Europe, protesters in Spain complained that the new cuts have come too strong, and too fast, from foreign decision-makers who don't have their country's sovereign interests at heart.
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