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Greek labor unions, including the General Confederation of Greek Workers (GSEE), the Civil Servants' Confederation (ADEDY), and the All-Workers Militant Front (PAME), have announced a nationwide 24-hour strike scheduled for Wednesday.

Beginning from 9:30 measures for the center of Athens – 10:30 PAME at Syntagma, 11:00 the General Confederation of Greek Workers (GSEE) at Syntagma – Ships are docked at the ports in support

Members of the United Services Trade Union Ver.di (Vereinte Dienstleistungsgewerkschaft) and the railroad workers' union are on strike. The strike affected all intercity rail traffic, almost all city traffic as well as most airports. The strike also covers maritime traffic in Germany as well as highways.

This photo provided by the Communist Party (KKE)-affiliated PAME union shows protesters practicing social distancing during a May Day rally outside Parliament, Friday.

Unions in Greece gathered up for their annual Labor Day rallies in central Athens though events were scaled back due to the coronavirus lockdown.

Ahead of the rallies, organisers wearing red scarves placed road markings pointing to the correct distances that protesters should keep.

Downtown Athens and Thessaloniki were turning into a motorist's nightmare on Tuesday, as unions gathered at central public squares and public transport workers joined a nationwide general strike in protest at social security reforms being implemented by the center-right government.

Athens buses, trolleys as well as the metro and tram services will come to a halt on Tuesday due to the 24-hour strike called by Greece's umbrella civil servants' union ADEDY against the government's social insurance bill.

Greek riot police on Wednesday clashed with members of the communist-affiliated PAME labor union who descended on a notary's office in downtown Athens to stop the auction of a foreclosed property in Marathonas, eastern Attica.

Greek Communist-affiliated trade union PAME on Thursday announced a rally for September 7, ahead of the opening of Thessaloniki's annual International Fair (TIF).

The union accuses ruling New Democracy of implementing measures that undermine labor rights, following the "anti-labor legacy" of leftist SYRIZA.

The rally will be held on central Aristotelous square, at 6 p.m.

Wednesday, May 1, is International Workers' Day. And that means a series of rallies and limited transport options due to strikes.