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john defterios, cnn, athens. >> government workers in greece have born the brunt of savage job cuts andnger over the government's austerity measures has prompted them to go on strike in droves. trade unions are pushing for a 48-hour general strike beginning on wednesday. that's all leading up to a showdown vote expected on thursday on yet more austerity measures. linda, let's start with where we are now in terms of what the union's plans are. how disruptive, what sort of an impact will they have on everyday life and on the economy do you expect over the next few days? >> we're looking at massive mobilizations both in the public and civil sector. initially the unions had calls for a general strike on wednesday, but they decided to extend that to a 48-hour strike. they're expecting a lot of people on the streets. the mobilizations have already started in some industries. we have employees even in the finance ministry who are holding their biggest strike yet which is a ten-day consecutive strike. these mobilizations at the same time as tax collectors which have also called rolling strikes

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