LabourStart, 6.1.12: URGENT - Greek trade union leaders face 5 years in prison this Tuesday

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URGENT - Greek trade union leaders face 5 years in prison this Tuesday

More than a dozen Greek trade unionists face prison on Tuesday.

If you're a trade unionist fighting to ensure that workers don't pay the

price for the global financial crisis they didn't create, 2012 looks like it

will be a challenging year.

On Thursday 24 November 2011, the Greek police arrested Nikos Photopoulos,

President of the power workers' union GENOP/DEI, along with more than a

dozen of his fellow trade unionists. They will appear in court on Tuesday 10

January 2012 to face charges that could see them jailed for up to five

years.

They were protesting against part of the Greek austerity measures - the

cutting off of power to people unable to pay a new property tax, levied

regardless of income or wealth and added to all electricity bills. The new

tax is just the most recent 'austerity' action by the Greek government. The

abolition of the national minimum wage and the lowering of employer-paid

taxes are next.

Please take a moment to send a message to the Greek Prime Minister in

support of the campaign Greek trade union confederation GSEE, which is

calling for the charges to be dropped.

Just go

HERE to send your message.

And please don't forget to pass this message along to your contacts, and to

use your Twitter, Google+ and Facebook accounts to help us get the word out.

Thanks.

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