Greek public services will close down Tuesday and most transport will be disrupted by a new general strike against proposed pension and labor reforms, AP reported. The debt-ridden country's two major private and public sector unions bitterly oppose draft legislation that will increase retirement ages and make it cheaper for companies to fire workers. Parliament will start discussing the proposed reforms Tuesday. Greece is caught in a major debt and deficit crisis. It only avoided bankruptcy last month after receiving the first installment of a ¤110 billion ($136 billion) emergency loan package from the European Union and the International Monetary Fund. In return, Athens passed painful austerity measures, cutting pensions and salaries and raising consumer taxes.
