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| European Workers to Down Tools in Iraq Protest |
| 2003-03-13 |
| European workers going on strike! Can you believe that! A European trade union organization has called on the 60 million workers it represents to stop work on Friday to protest against possible war in Iraq. ...and next week we'll strike against...something else. Wim Bergans, spokesman for the European Trade Union Confederation, said he expected union members across Europe to stop work for a symbolic 10 or 15 minutes around 12:00 p.m. (6 a.m. EST). He said he did not know how many workers would take part. 10 or 15 minutes? Looks like this day's shot to hell. Time to go home. "We will walk in the streets, make some noise and explain why we are in the streets," Bergans said of plans by staff at ETUC's headquarters in Brussels. Wim sounds like he's really enthused about it. ETUC's executive committee passed a resolution last week calling for the peaceful disarmament of Iraq. Its Web site lists planned action in Germany, France, Italy, Spain, Denmark and Belgium. In a separate action, the European Transport Workers' Federation has called on railway workers to strike on Friday against possible reduction in job security by on-going liberalization of the European Union's rail network. The EU strikes again! |
| Posted by:tu3031 |
| #7 I go on strike every day at 12:00 PM. It's called lunch. |
| Posted by: Steve 2003-03-13 12:19:23 |
| #6 These guys would go on strike to protest the thickness of clouds. Is this really news? |
| Posted by: Frank Martin 2003-03-13 12:16:45 |
| #5 Woooooowh, wooooowh, I'm weally weally quaking in my boots over thweats of wabor stwife......Stop the seawift. |
| Posted by: Alaska Paul 2003-03-13 12:04:01 |
| #4 They're just itching to cut the work week even more. A legislated work week of 35 hours. What a continent!!! Feeling a little crowded?!? Bwuahaha |
| Posted by: RW 2003-03-13 10:56:53 |
| #3 How will anyone tell they're on strike, as opposed their norm of just not working? Oh, yeah - they'll have signs. But making signs takes work, too; I guess European labor is willing to work with proper motivation. Memo to Fritz and Jean-Paul, etc.: When you get attacked, don't call us - we're busy. |
| Posted by: Barbara Skolaut 2003-03-13 10:55:53 |
| #2 Oh, sure. Let's make Europe even less productive than it already is. |
| Posted by: Chuck 2003-03-13 10:29:47 |
| #1 Hmm, and in the 90s how big were the demonstrations when Milosovik was slaughtering everyone who made the mistake of not being a Serb -- RIGHT BLOODY NEXT DOOR!!! Hypocrites. |
| Posted by: Patrick Phillips 2003-03-13 10:09:03 |