The country’s largest public sector union staged a 24-hour strike in demand of wage and pension increases. Public sector workers have a loss in income up to 40% since the country had to accept financial deals with the European Union and the IMF in 2010. The union stated that since the country is returning to normal, after all the cuts in the past year they now demand decent salary increases.
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