Piles of rubbish continued to accumulate around overflowing bins in the greater Athens area this week in the wake of repeated strikes called by a federation comprised of unions representing local government and municipality employees around Greece.
The federation is demanding the full-time and tenured hiring of thousands of sanitation workers hired on a contract basis.
Another 24-hour industrial action was declared for Thursday, with more expected to follow.
Strikers held a rally and protest march in downtown Athens on Thursday that concluded outside the relevant interior ministry, where garbage was burnt in protest.
