The cost of living is sky high and our salaries rock-bottom, while high housing costs have left young people in a tragic position, said Yannis Panagopoulos, who heads the main private sector union, GSEE.
Union leaders have accused the centre-right administration of failing to address escalating inflation and argue that the rising cost of living has corroded living standards to the point where many are finding it hard to survive.
Mitsotakis recently pledged to increase the minimum wage to 950, but with housing costs also on the rise he has faced criticism that it is simply not enough.
The general strike comes in stark contrast to the economic progress Greece has made since exiting a debt crisis that almost saw it fall out of the EU.
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