Read our Privacy noticeA nationwide general strike has brought Greece to a standstill today, with public and private sector workers protesting against changes to the country's labour laws. open image in gallery Passengers read an announcement about the nationwide 24-hour strike outside the closed main railway station. (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis) ( AP )The strike is also impacting essential services nationwide, including schools, courts, public hospitals, and municipalities. Under the new regulations, working hours that include overtime would be capped at 48 hours per week, with a maximum 150 overtime hours allowed per year. Exhaustion is not development, human tolerance has limits," the private sector umbrella union, the General Confederation of Workers of Greece, said in a statement.