Another 24-hour general strike is under way in Greece in protest at planned pension and labour reforms.

希腊民众正在组织另一场为期24小时的大罢工，抗议政府在养老金以及劳动力改革方面的计划。

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More street demonstrations are planned in Athens

Trade unions say ferry services and international flights will be disrupted, leaving tourists stranded²（搁浅的） .

The industrial action comes as the parliament is due to debate austerity（紧缩，朴素） measures demanded by the International Monetary³ Fund and European Union.

They include cutting pensions, raising the retirement⁴ age and making it easier for companies to dismiss（解雇，开除） employees.

Greece has been suffering a severe economic crisis, and the government is imposing⁵ a swathe（带子，绷带） of austerity measures in return for a 110bn-euro (£89bn) bail-out from the EU and IMF.

Blockade threat

After more than six months of austerity measures and industrial strife⁶（冲突，争吵） , the confrontation⁷ between the government and the trade unions is reaching a climax⁸, says the BBC's Malcolm Brabant in Athens.

Parliament is to start discussing the proposed reforms on Tuesday, in a debate expected to last more than a week.

The challenge for the trade unions is to get as many people on the streets as possible to convince potentially rebellious⁹（反抗的） Socialist¹⁰ MPs to vote against their own party and defeat the bill, our correspondent says.

He adds that much attention will be focused on the port of Piraeus, where Communist-affiliated unionists plan to prevent ferries from sailing to the Greek islands.

Their strike has been declared illegal, as was a similar blockade last week. Then the government did not enforce the court order, and thousands of tourists had their travel plans disrupted.

The holiday industry was in uproar¹¹, claiming that such confrontations¹² did irreparable（不能挽回的） damage to Greek tourism, which generates almost 20% of national income.

The big question is whether the government will try to break the blockade in order to help the tourists, or do nothing, for fear of aggravating¹³（恶化，激怒） the unions during the period of this crucial debate, our correspondent adds.

Strikes against austerity measures have brought the country to a standstill（停顿，停止） on several occasions, closing airports, roads and railways.