Strikes greet austerity measures in Greece

Less than 24h after the announcement of the hardest austerity measures in the history of the greek republic, strikes have erupted in the public sector.

Tax-collectors and customs officers have been the first public sector branches to spontaneously react to the government's austerity measures. The two public sector branches have gone on a 48h preemptive strike, halting all tax-office transactions and controls as well as freezing import-export activities.