But even those who are lucky enough to be employed, it's not likely the employers will pay. Most local employers had refused to pay the old rate. Even the armed forces' businesses have been hit hard by the financial crisis, cutting into the profits of generals and funding to special units, leading to an increase in desertions. What makes the economic nightmare so frightening to the regime is that the military high command and the Western bankers is the IMF-mandated austerity medicine isn't working. This is leading more workers and farmers to take things into their own hands.
Strikes are up.
Land occupations are rising. Instead, watched at a distance by police and security guards, all they did was spend four hours digging slogans into the manicured fairways, using the turned-over sod to border their handiwork.