Municipal workers chant slogans during a demonstration against austerity measures in Athens on November 30, 2012.
Greek municipal employees have held demonstrations against the governmentâ„¢s plans to cut the number of civil servants.
The protests were held for a second day in the Greek capital, Athens.
On July 5, the municipal workers protested in front of the Administrative Reform Ministry in Athens.
The demonstration was held after Greek officials reportedly approved that some 4,000 municipal officers be transferred to the police force.
The job cuts are part of the conservative-led governmentâ„¢s effort to enable it to receive rescue loans, as Athens is in talks with the troika of the countryâ„¢s international lenders.
Last December, municipal workers staged a similar protest.
The protests started days after the troika of international lenders — the European Union (EU), the European Central Bank (ECB), and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) agreed to release a total of 43.7 billion euros of aid to Greece.
Greece has been at the epicenter of the eurozone debt crisis and is experiencing its fifth year of recession, while harsh austerity measures have left about half a million people without jobs.
The record high unemployment level stands at 27 percent and 62.5 percent of youths are without work.
One out of every five Greek workers is currently unemployed; banks are in a shaky position, and pensions and salaries have been slashed by up to 40 percent.
In April, the Greek parliament passed a bill to cut 15,000 state jobs by the end of 2014. The law was a condition for debt-stricken Greece to receive rescue loans from its European partners.
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Republished with permission from: Press TV