Do an Increasing Number of Greeks Really Regard Workers Getting $2,000 a Month as a "Special Caste?"

That's what the NYT tells us. It has a piece this morning on the union representing the workers at Greece's public electric utility. At one point it reports that:

"an increasing number of Greeks regard the power company workers in particular as an overpaid, overprotected caste. According to Mr. Fotopoulos, Genop's 21,000 members are paid an average net salary of $1,980 a month and its 35,000 retirees an average net pension of $2,122 a month — much higher than the Greek average."

The...