Two-day general strike grinds Greece to a halt
Communist-affiliated unionists rally toward the Greek parliament on June 28, 2011. Greece ground to a halt on June 28 as a 48-hour general strike began to bite against the bankruptcy-threatened government which is desperately trying to push through sweeping austerity cuts. As parliament votes on the drastic belt-tightening measures to unlock 12 billion euros of blocked funds from the EU and IMF, unions have called on Greeks facing hefty tax hikes to...