About 30,000 state workers to lose jobs after being put on reserve as indebted country battles to stave off bankruptcy.The Greek cabinet approved a measure to begin reducing the number of state workers, a contentious part of an austerity plan aimed at freeing up EU and IMF loans.The plan that was approved on Sunday creates a "labour reserve" allowing state workers to be placed on partial pay and be dismissed after a year.The government has said it would put 30,000 workers in the reserve by the end of this year."The labour reserve measure was approved unanimously," a deputy minister who participated in a cabinet meeting told the Reuters news agency on condition of anonymity while the cabinet meeting was still under way.Sunday's move is the most contentious part of a reform package demanded by the two institutions.
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