New Criticals


"Eleni Alexaki, 56, has worked as a hotel maid for more than 20 years. She was cleaning 20 rooms a day at the beginning of the crisis and now cleans 35, while her pay has gone from 1,600 euros a month to 985. She receives no holiday pay and fewer days off.

“And they terrorize us,” she said. “They say, ‘There, the door is there.’”

Greek Patience With Austerity Nears Its Limit