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Euro Crisis Loosens Unions' Influence on Pay

ATHENS—Vassilis Masselos needed to cut labor costs last year at his family owned lingerie company, after Greece's economic crisis smacked his business with a drop in demand "so sharp that it's extremely difficult to manage." Before the crisis, Mr. Masselos would have been bound by a wage deal negotiated between the retail-sector union and the At

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  1 reader comment

1. Philip Vorgias
wrote on
August 08, 2012
11:59 AM
Unions, at least the very big ones, are dinosaurs in this day and age. They do more to raise unemployment than any other single factor. Greece needs this flexibility to in order to address high unemployment.
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