Public transportation workers in Athens held a three-hours work stoppage, thus completely paralising traffic in Athens, Greek media reported.

Metro, Kifissia-Piraeus electric railway workers, as well as tram, ETHEL buses and Proastiakos suburban railway employees all stopped working from noon to 3pm so as to show their protest against the draft law proposing changes in the pension system, put forward by the Greek government, Greek Kathimerini daily reported.

Meanwhile, a rally was held in front of Greek Parliament.

On March 12 lawyers and engineers in Greece started their own 48-hour strike. They would be followed by bank employees, who would start a two-day strike on March 13, Kathimerini daily said.

The strikes in Greece, led by the two trade union blocs in the country, Greek General Confederation of Labour (GSEE) and the Supreme Administration of Greek Civil Servants Trade Unions (ADEDY), are expected to reach their highest point on March 19, for when GSEE and ADEDY have scheduled a 24-hour general strike.