The country's civil servants federation Adedy has proposed that next week's general strike on October 19 run into the following day as well.
It has called on the General Confederation of Greek Labour (GSEE), which represents private sector workers, that they convert their joint 24-hour strike on October 19 into a 48-hour strike, to include the following day.
The decision to make the proposal was taken at a meeting of Adedy's general council on Wednesday.
Meanwhile, employees of the 151 public sector agencies and organisations that have been slated for merger or abolition staged a demonstration at noon on Wednesday outside the general secretariat for consumers at the former commerce ministry building in Kanigos Square in downtown Athens, which has been occupied by the secretariat's employees for more than a week.
The demonstration will be followed by a march to parliament.
AMNA
