Trade union protest against public finance reform

Trade unions on Monday staged another in a series of demonstrations against the centre-right government’s public finance reform. Some 2,000 people joined the protest in the centre of Prague, calling for the hard-hitting measures to be revised. Trade unions claim that the government’s reforms will put thousands of Czechs below the poverty-line, unable to afford proper health care and education. They plan to step up the pressure which should culminate on June 24th with a one-hour warning strike that is expected to paralyze transport in the Czech capital.