Transport Strike in Athens Continues

Athens faces transport chaos after another 24-hour strike by rail workers, Greek media reports.

Commuters are severely affected as the city's metro employees continue the previous day's industrial action over the redundancy threat facing nearly 300 co-workers.

The strike of metro workers in Athens has been on for the 3rd day causing huge traffic jams in the streets, ITAR-TASS reported.

On June 29 the Greek trade unions plan to hold general 24-hour strike protesting against the governmental reforms.

In exchange for the loans of the EU and the IMF the Greek government has decided to raise taxes and reduce social payments.

The workers are protesting because of the new round of austerity measures introduced by the Government, heralding pension reforms and salary cuts. Metro workers have vowed to carry on with their protests over the next few days unless the decision to terminate the contracts of their colleagues is reversed.