Motorists waited on long queues in Athens on September 12 after the union representing the country’s truck drivers declared it would launch a new wave of strike action, the Greek daily Kathimerini reported on September 13 2010.
People were eager to stock up on fuel, fearing a repeat of an extended strike by truckers in July which froze deliveries to petrol stations and caused them to run dry. That strike was finally called off on August 1 after the government pledged to review their demands and discuss their objections against plans to open up their profession to competition.
Concurrently, Greek railway network will be disrupted on September 14 2010 as employees of the Greek rail (OSE) are scheduled to stage a 24-hour strike to protest the planned streamlining of the debt-mired company.
News source: The sofia Echo link: article
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