Workers of the Water Company in Thessaloniki (EYATH) cut the water supply to the offices of governing SYRIZA in order to protest the upcoming privatization.
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Water company protester cuts water supply to SYRIZA
Having launched a protest rally, the workers cut the water supply short before 11 am in a symbolic act to show how the future will be if the water company is privatized – and consequently the water price will skyrocket.
The privatization of the Water Company in Thessaloniki was high on the agenda of New Democracy/PASOK coalition government in 2014. An unofficial referendum held among the city’s residents had apparently prevented the government plans.
Privatization of water and electricity companies and other state-run enterprises are one of the prior actions dictated by the lenders in the context also of the 3. bailout.
