国际英语资讯:Garbage piling up Greek cities as sanitation workers protest enters 2nd week
<p><span word="ATHENS">ATHENS</span>, <span word="June">June</span> 26-- <span word="Tones">Tones</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="garbage">garbage</span> <span word="are">are</span> <span word="piling">piling</span> <span word="up">up</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="Athens">Athens</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="other">other</span> <span word="major">major</span> <span word="cities">cities</span> <span word="as">as</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="nationwide">nationwide</span> <span word="protest">protest</span> <span word="against">against</span> <span word="job">job</span> <span word="cuts">cuts</span> <span word="called">called</span> <span word="by">by</span> <span word="unions">unions</span> <span word="representing">representing</span> <span word="municipal">municipal</span> <span word="sanitation">sanitation</span> <span word="workers">workers</span> <span word="entered">entered</span> <span word="its">its</span> <span word="second">second</span> <span word="week">week</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="Monday">Monday</span>.</p><p><span word="The">The</span> <span word="government">government</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="strikers">strikers</span> <span word="have">have</span> <span word="failed">failed</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="reach">reach</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="deal">deal</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="several">several</span> <span word="rounds">rounds</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="talks">talks</span>, <span word="fuelling">fuelling</span> <span word="public">public</span> <span word="health">health</span> <span word="concerns">concerns</span> <span word="especially">especially</span> <span word="amid">amid</span> <span word="rising">rising</span> <span word="temperatures">temperatures</span>.</p><p><span word="An">An</span> <span word="Athens">Athens</span> <span word="prosecutor">prosecutor</span> <span word="launched">launched</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="Monday">Monday</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="probe">probe</span> <span word="into">into</span> <span word="whether">whether</span> <span word="anyone">anyone</span> <span word="should">should</span> <span word="be">be</span> <span word="charged">charged</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="putting">putting</span> <span word="into">into</span> <span word="risk">risk</span> <span word="public">public</span> <span word="health">health</span>, <span word="Greek">Greek</span> <span word="national">national</span> <span word="news">news</span> <span word="agency">agency</span> <span word="AMNA">AMNA</span> <span word="reported">reported</span>, <span word="as">as</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="latest">latest</span> <span word="symbolic">symbolic</span> <span word="march">march</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="protesters">protesters</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="center">center</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="Athens">Athens</span> <span word="ended">ended</span> <span word="inconclusive">inconclusive</span>.</p><p><span word="Greece">Greece</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="local">local</span> <span word="authority">authority</span> <span word="staff">staff</span> <span word="union">union</span> <span word="federation">federation</span> <span word="POE">POE</span>-<span word="OTA">OTA</span> <span word="launched">launched</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="protest">protest</span> <span word="last">last</span> <span word="week">week</span>, <span word="after">after</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="court">court</span> <span word="ruled">ruled</span> <span word="against">against</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="new">new</span> <span word="extension">extension</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="late">late</span> 2017 <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="short">short</span>- <span word="term">term</span> <span word="contracts">contracts</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="more">more</span> <span word="than">than</span> 10,000 <span word="people">people</span> <span word="working">working</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="trash">trash</span> <span word="collection">collection</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="municipalities">municipalities</span> <span word="throughout">throughout</span> <span word="Greece">Greece</span>.</p><p><span word="POE">POE</span>-<span word="OTA">OTA</span> <span word="responded">responded</span> <span word="with">with</span> <span word="work">work</span> <span word="stoppages">stoppages</span>, <span word="strikes">strikes</span>, <span word="and">and</span> <span word="sit">sit</span>-<span word="in">in</span> <span word="protests">protests</span> <span word="at">at</span> <span word="landfills">landfills</span>, <span word="demanding">demanding</span> <span word="permanent">permanent</span> <span word="employment">employment</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="workers">workers</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="replace">replace</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="fixed">fixed</span>-<span word="term">term</span> <span word="contracts">contracts</span>, <span word="which">which</span> <span word="put">put</span> <span word="workers">workers</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="risk">risk</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="being">being</span> <span word="fired">fired</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="country">country</span> <span word="suffering">suffering</span> <span word="chronic">chronic</span> <span word="unemployment">unemployment</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="about">about</span> 25 <span word="percent">percent</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="working">working</span> <span word="force">force</span>.</p><p><span word="However">However</span>, <span word="the">the</span> <span word="proposal">proposal</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Interior">Interior</span> <span word="Ministry">Ministry</span> <span word="submitted">submitted</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="parliament">parliament</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="Monday">Monday</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="hiring">hiring</span> <span word="of">of</span> 2,500 <span word="permanent">permanent</span> <span word="municipal">municipal</span> <span word="sanitation">sanitation</span> <span word="workers">workers</span>, <span word="was">was</span> <span word="immediately">immediately</span> <span word="rejected">rejected</span> <span word="by">by</span> <span word="POE">POE</span>-<span word="OTA">OTA</span> <span word="as">as</span> <span word="insufficient">insufficient</span>.</p><p>"<span word="Given">Given</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="sanitation">sanitation</span> <span word="services">services</span> <span word="are">are</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="daily">daily</span> <span word="operation">operation</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="urban">urban</span> <span word="centers">centers</span>, <span word="we">we</span> <span word="request">request</span> <span word="permanent">permanent</span> <span word="personnel">personnel</span> <span word="earning">earning</span> <span word="salaries">salaries</span> <span word="allowing">allowing</span> <span word="them">them</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="make">make</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="living">living</span> <span word="with">with</span> <span word="dignity">dignity</span>. <span word="There">There</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="no">no</span> <span word="need">need</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="short">short</span>-<span word="term">term</span> <span word="workers">workers</span> <span word="which">which</span> <span word="are">are</span> <span word="recycled">recycled</span> <span word="by">by</span> <span word="governments">governments</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="mayors">mayors</span> <span word="under">under</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="formula">formula</span> '<span word="You">You</span> <span word="leave">leave</span>, <span word="you">you</span> <span word="are">are</span> <span word="hired">hired</span>'. <span word="As">As</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="result">result</span>, <span word="each">each</span> <span word="time">time</span> <span word="people">people</span> <span word="are">are</span> <span word="offered">offered</span> <span word="fewer">fewer</span> <span word="workers">workers</span>' <span word="rights">rights</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="smaller">smaller</span> <span word="wages">wages</span>," <span word="Christos">Christos</span> <span word="Panagiotopoulos">Panagiotopoulos</span>, <span word="a">a</span> <span word="protesting">protesting</span> <span word="worker">worker</span> <span word="told">told</span> <span word="Xinhua">Xinhua</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="Monday">Monday</span>.</p>
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