The employees of Athens' commuter rail services have called a 4-hour warning work stoppage on Wednesday, in protest over the stance of the STASY S.A -- the state-run company that manages rail-based transport infrastructure in the greater Athens area -- administration on the signing of a Collective Labour Agreement.

The employees of the Athens Metro, Tram and ISAP train will hold a work stoppage from 11:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., which means that only bus services will be running in Athens during those hours.

In a joint announcement, the unions of the three commuter rail services accuse the STASY administration of attempting to abolish the entire institutional framework with a view of downgrading not only the employees but also the transportation product provided.

They warned that a reduction of the transportation provided, increase in tickets, ticket-evasion and transfers and layoffs of personnel have no relationship with restructuring of the companies to the benefit of the citizen.