Summary Box: Greek motorists fill up gas tanks as truckers unleash new wave of protests

Summary Box: Greek motorists prepare for strike

TRUCKERS UNITE: Greek truck drivers started a new wave of protests Monday, parking hundreds of vehicles along major highways, prompting motorists to rush and fill up their cars.

BROADER REORGANIZATION: Opening up so-called closed professions like notaries, pharmacists, and truckers is among the government’s top priorities. But unions have fiercely opposed those plans and the strict austerity measures introduced earlier this year.

TRAVEL STANDSTILL: State railway unions also called a 24-hour strike Tuesday to protest planned salary and personnel cuts as part of efforts to partially privatize the money-losing rail network.