Greece’s tax officers and inspectors will launch a 48-hour strike on upcoming Thursday and Friday, November 29-30th 2012, follwoing a decision taken by their union POE-DOY. Civil servants in Greece’s financial services react to “any plans for privatization, of tax office mergers without criteria, the abolition of tax offices on the islands and any wages cuts.”
The tax officers union demands meritocracy and transparency in changes within several departments and the implementation of the “already strict legal framework that those who are proven to be corrupt to be dismissed from the public service.”
Privatization = massive lay-off + low wages + little-to-no health insurance + job termination w/o cause + move jobs to oversea (Bangalore, India)