GREEK trade unionists marked the third day of their general strike yesterday by gathering outside parliament to denounce the Syriza government’s plans to impose further austerity measures in return for more bank-bailout money.

Last night’s Syntagma Square protest followed a massive demonstration on Saturday led by the Communist Party-linked Pame trade union body and joined by many small farmers.

Pame called further protests yesterday, as did the other labour federations, holding belated May Day events that were postponed last week to avoid clashing with Orthodox Easter celebrations.