Greek workers strike, seeking wage hike, tax cuts

Public transport was disrupted and ships remained in ports as Greek workers went on strike on Wednesday, seeking increases in minimum wages and the re-introduction of collective bargaining.

Greece's biggest private-sector union, GSEE, called the 24-hour walkout, demanding tax cuts and a rise in the minimum wage, which was slashed under the terms of the country's three international bailouts since 2010, which ended in August.

"Salaried employees are demanding a cancellation of the tax rises and an across-the-board (monthly) minimum wage of 751 euros," GSEE, which represents 2.5 million workers, said in a statement. "Policies of a punishing austerity, poverty and impoverishment should end once and for all."

The walkout follows a one-day strike by Greece's main public-sector union earlier this month, which also demanded wage and pension increases, hiring and...