Greek media on 24-hour strike against pension reform – Yahoo Finance Spain

Athens, Jan 28 (EFE) .- The Greek media today began a 24-hour strike in protest against pension reform prepared by the Government and which involves the merger of all boxes into one.

From the six o’clock (0400 GMT) until the same time on Friday there will be news on television and radio, information is not updated in digital newspapers and the press will not go on newsstands Friday.

Also unemployment will second press offices of ministries and government press office.

Journalists ask your pension fund remains independent and is not included within a unified box.

“We call 24-hour strike on Thursday January 28 to protest against the attempt to get rid of our profession, which is through the elimination of social security rights, trade union rights and individual freedoms “,

said Athens Union of Journalists said in a statement. The government’s plans contemplate Alexis Tsipras Additional boxes merge all into one, and do the same with the main, as the Greek pension is divided into these two components.

In Greece, there are currently three major pension boxes, one for employees , one for farmers and one for the self.

In addition there are a number of sectoral additional boxes, which form the second major pillar of retirement income.

“We demand the autonomy of the sector pension funds and resources and the rights of journalists that the government seeks to abolish are guaranteed, “said the note.

By noon there is called a demonstration outside the headquarters the journalists’ union.

The media professionals are well ahead of the general strike they have called for the February 4 trade union confederations.

The reform of the pension system generates a broad social rejection because the Greeks have lived for eleven cuts more than 40% of their pensions.

The protests and strikes in different sectors are linked in recent weeks.

Farmers meet today more than a week by blocking roads and highways across the country to demand the withdrawal of government reforms that involve a rise in their prices and the elimination of tax breaks.

According to the Executive The goal is to create a uniform structure that differentiates between autonomous, employees and farmers and even promised not to touch the main pensions, for the moment, whether it will implement cuts to supplementary estimates.

In the third bailout signed chariot with creditors (European Commission, European Central Bank, International Monetary Fund and European Stability Mechanism) Greece pledged to save on pensions by 1% of the annual gross domestic products (GDP), equivalent to 1,800 million euros.