Not content to merely sit back and let everyone be inconvenienced by their strike, Greece’s civil servants marched on the capital today protesting the proposed pension plan changes started a fight and the cops ended up shooting a bunch of tear gas to break it up. From the BBC:

In central Athens, police fired tear gas in after groups of self-proclaimed anarchists threw petrol bombs and rocks.

The anarchists also set fire to rubbish bins and cars, and smashed bank windows, before dispersing, police said.

Some violence was also reported in the northern city of Thessaloniki as protesters set fire to banks and cash machines.

Unions describe the general strike – the third of its kind in as many months – as the biggest protest so far against the pension reform plan.

It follows a wave of stoppages by workers from various sectors:

• an ongoing two-week refuse collectors’ strike has left piles of uncollected rubbish rotting on streets
• protest action by power sector workers has caused nationwide blackouts
• a public transport strike on Tuesday created traffic chaos in the capital Athens

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