Greek workers walk off the job in general strike
Greek workers walked off the job Wednesday for the first general strike since the country's coalition government was formed in June, as the prime minister and finance minister hammered out a package of C11.5 billion in essential spending cuts.
Greece was paralyzed Wednesday by a nationwide general strike as hundreds of thousands of workers, shopkeepers and civil servants walked off the job in a 24-hour protest over the Socialist government's austerity program.