- rampant, unemployment spread in Europe in the south and enterprise to close the whole African continent factory, workers' pain, surrounding the eu to seek unity in a string of strikes and demonstrations on Wednesday.
In recent years, most European governments are spending cuts, pensions and benefits, raising taxes, and actively will be under the control of the public debt. This is not only the most economic predicament of government, such as Greece, but also traditional more stable, France and Britain, etc.
The result is in the leaders of many countries have accepted as collateral policy, they claim that is inevitable in the standard of living of the sharp decline. In the present economic difficulties no end, the workers are trying to take the position on Wednesday.
"Of course, it's political strike against suicide and antisocial the policy of the government," said Igancio fernandez toxoplasma, a CCOO Spain union leaders, as a general strike spread through the Spain where a 25% unemployment rate has put the country in the eu's the center of the social unrest.
A Spanish interior ministry officials said there are 32 people had been arrested, and 15 people deal with minor injuries interference.
Spain's ordinary workers union said, in a nationwide stop, after this year, in the car, energy, shipbuilding, construction and other industries, almost all of the workers were observed. The influence of government underestimate.
A north-south divide appeared in to participate in the strike, the trade union in wealthy countries, such as the Netherlands and Nordic countries, where the crisis also dozen don't hard, don't close their country's mood.
Through the country's southern division, but 24 hours of railway shutdown, scattered across the strike in Belgium, disturb the daily life. Thalys and eurostar high-speed railway connection service, and London, Paris, Brussels has seriously hindered.
"Squeeze means to cut public services and public company, also cut for the purchasing power of the working class, said:" the Belgian socialist union leaders Philip trade. "Squeeze means recession deepening crisis."
From his headquarters near, the eu employers federation's chief take a different view.
"If you start to blow at the national level, in the company, you will not only damage the economy, said:" the Eurobussiness Philip buck when accepting a reporter to interview. "It is not the right thing to do today."
"It cost euros," he added, Europe's reputation as a hotbed of the union movement, also won't attract global investors.
Europe has been the global trade union action the Portland trail blazers and workers rights in the past half century, has been the mainland proud of the foundation of the welfare state, its guarantee medical care, unemployment benefit, often is generous pension.
If he can not do this direct threat next week three, industrial action, more quiet.
The German federation of trade unions head, said: "Michael SuoMo, so far, only symbolic demonstrations in Germany, because we can avoid crisis.
In Denmark, also does not have the strike, the worker and the employer for the cooperation between mainly in crisis so far survived.
"Employers speak the same language, because we do, we understand each other's needs and requirements, jurgen frederickson argues that said, a 69 - year - old retired workers and the former shop steward." "Between us, this means that there are many have very good resonance."
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