A 24-hour nationwide strike has been called for Wednesday by Greece's two largest umbrella unions, the General Confederation of Workers of Greece (GSEE) and the Civil Servants' Supreme Administrative Council (ADEDY), in protest against the government's planned social security reforms.
This is the second nationwide strike in two month. Participating in the strike will be all employees in the public and private sectors, professionals, journalists and all press unions.
Greek news agency ANA-MPA will not transmit news from 6 a.m. Wednesday until 6 a.m. Thursday.
Schools, public services, municipalities, banks, hospitals, industries and construction sites will remain closed, while no ships will sail for scheduled itineraries to and from any Greek port.
Moreover, from Tuesday midnight until Wednesday midnight all flights to and from Greek airports will be canceled due to participation by air traffic controllers in the strike.
Disruptions are also expected in commuter services due to strikes and work-stoppages in public transport.
More specifically, the 'blue' urban buses will be on strike, while employees of the trolley buses will stage a five-hour work-stoppage from 11:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
The Athens Metro, the ISAP train service and the Tram service will operate from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Source: Xinhua
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