Without a doubt, SYRIZA had cultivated a climate of unfulfilled expectations and contributed decisively in the creation of illusions among various social groups, which now see their hopes crashing down miserably. The problem isn’t that the government is paying for the false promises it made, but the consequences of the strikes in critical sectors of the economy.
The dock worker strike that has been going on for over twenty days and the five-day strike announced by the employees in civil aviation have a tremendous impact on the country’s heavy industry, which is tourism. With the economy faltering and half of Greece uncertain about making it through these difficult times. With claims from the past that do not take into consideration the state of the economy and other employees, such strikes lead nowhere and ultimately will lose any social legitimacy.
It is absurd for the employees in civil aviation to call a strike as soon as the sale of regional airports completes and then demand that they return to public hands. At a time when the government cannot maintain the bare essentials, they demand their return to the daily withering.
The sale of two aircraft of the old Olympic Airlines shows how the state can take advantage of its assets. From the 40 million euros it was asking for four years ago, they were sold for just 4 and had an annual cost of 1 million euros for maintenance. If this is the future they want for the regional airports, we are in for a ride…
Obviously the employees have problems and agonize about their future. But when everything around us has collapsed and the private sector is literally being slaughtered, it is irrational for those from the relative safety of the public sector to make pointless claims, harming what is still left alive in the country.
TO VIMA
