Protests Expose Fault Lines in Greece’s Surprise Recovery
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The fault line in Greece’s unprecedented return to favor with investors runs the length of 5-7 Nikis Street in Athens.
There, in front of the six-story Greek Finance Ministry, a dozen or so of the 595 cleaning ladies set to lose their state-paid jobs staged protests almost daily at being added to the 27.5 percent of Greeks who are unemployed. The women were watched over by helmeted, baton-carrying riot police, among a group of security personnel due for a bonus next month.