Protestors demanded a viable social insurance system, measures to effectively address unemployment, and respect of the fundamental right to live in dignity, according to the slogans chanted.
"We resist," they shouted, demanding the restoration of collective wage agreements and the monthly minimum wage to the pre-crisis level from the current 580 euros (655 U.S. dollars) to 751 euros (848 dollars).
"We are on strike today against the government's policies which are against workers, since they are a continuation of the bailout measures... This mockery must end. If we indeed have exited the bailout programs, they should prove it," Dimitris Vassos, President of the labor union of employees in the Hellenic Aerospace Industry, told Xinhua during the rally.
Following Greece's formal exit from the bailout era this August after eight years of harsh policies to afloat the debt-laden country's ailing economy, the Left-led government has pledged gradual implementation of relief measures to heal the wounds of the debt crisis without jeopardizing economic growth.
However, labor unions argued that the pace would be too slow, and more needs to be done immediately to allow some breathing space for the average Greek households and businesses that have lost, according to official estimates, up to 40 percent of their incomes during the crisis.
Retirees for example have seen their pensions being slashed a dozen times since 2010.
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