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April 22nd, 2012 
FAKE NEWS for the Zionist agenda The employees walked off their jobs for 48 hours on Sunday to oppose Athens economic policies and the reforms introduced to tackle Greece financial crisis.
Protesters want the government to reject reforms requested by the Greece’s so-called troika of foreign lenders which they say put pressure on employees.
Greeks have been protesting against the state’s austerity cuts since early 2011, when the government first implemented the measures.
In order to secure a EUR 130-billion bailout package funded mostly by the eurozone member states and the International Monetary Fund, the country had to adopt harsh austerity measures, including massive cuts to its private and public sector wages, pensions, health and defense spending, which have worsened the economic recession, leading to thousands of job losses.
Greece has the highest debt burden in proportion to the size of its economy in the 17-nation eurozone. Despite austerity cuts and the bailout funds, the country has been in recession since 2009.
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