Work stoppages will be held for several hours after 11:00 on Thursday, so as Athens’ bus, metro and tram employees will be able to attend union meetings.

Athens’ trams and lines 1, 2 and 3 on the Athens metro system will not be running from 11:00 until 16:00 in the afternoon, while buses and trolleys will not be running between 11:00 and 17:00.

Public transport employees object to the inclusion of the public transport companies in the new privatisation fund, oppose the prospect of privatisation and have called the meetings to decide their response.