Overview

• Public-sector union ADEDY led a 24-hour strike that halted intercity trains, curtailed Athens metro service, limited buses and trams to roughly 09:00–21:00, and suspended many ferry routes as mariners joined.
• Police and ADEDY estimated about 10,000 people gathered outside the Hellenic Parliament in Athens, with additional demonstrations reported in other cities.
• The draft law would let employers request up to 13-hour days with a 40% overtime premium while maintaining the statutory cap of 48 hours per week and 150 extra hours per year.
• Labor Minister Niki Kerameos says the 13-hour provision could be used on up to 37 days annually, a measure the government frames as modernization but unions denounce as a rollback of rights.
• The ruling New Democracy party’s absolute majority makes passage in Wednesday’s vote likely, as the private-sector union GSEE declined to call a strike but urged members to join the protests.