Umbrella unions, parties and grassroots movements announced their plans to commemorate Labour Day with rallies and marches in Athens and elsewhere on Wednesday, May 1.

Trade unions and organisations marked the May Day labour holiday on Monday with marches and rallies held in cities around Greece, in which they stressed the need to fight for and defend fundamental labour rights rolled back under memorandum policies.

All passenger ferries will remain docked across Greece on Friday, May 1, as the Pan-Hellenic Seamen’s Federation (PNO) will go on a 24-hour strike to mark May Day.