Unions stage 24-hour general strike on Wednesday, disrupting transport and public services

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Greece will look a 24-hour nationwide wide strike connected Wednesday, arsenic private- and public-sector workers walk disconnected the occupation successful protestation against the government’s caller labour law, organized by the country’s two largest unions, GSEE and ADEDY.

The strike, backed by respective sectoral federations, is expected to disrupt section authorities services, nationalist hospitals, schools, municipality and intercity transport, ports, railways and aerial travel. Teachers’ unions – the Greek Primary Teachers’ Federation (DOE), the Greek Federation of Secondary Education State School Teachers (OLME) and the Federation of Private School Teachers (OIELE) – person besides urged members to join.

In Athens, buses and trolley buses will tally lone betwixt 9 a.m. and 9 p.m., while metro lines 1, 2 and 3 and the tram will run from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. to facilitate entree to rallies. The Panhellenic Federation of Railway Workers (POS) and the aerial traffic controllers’ union said they would take part, while ferry services will beryllium suspended aft the Panhellenic Seamen’s Federation (PNO) declared its participation. Taxi drivers successful Attica besides announced a strike, demanding amended working conditions.

GSEE and ADEDY person called a rally astatine 11 a.m. successful Klafthmonos Square successful cardinal Athens. The Communist-affiliated PAME union radical will clasp a abstracted objection astatine 10.30 a.m. extracurricular the University of Athens, while the Piraeus Labor Center has scheduled its protestation for 10 a.m. astatine the Municipal Theatre Square. Demonstrations are planned successful different cities crossed the country.