Greek unions vow fight against cutting Greece's debt.

Even a socialist government realizes enough is enough but the unions being the blood sucking parasites they are the world over demands the gravy train keeps on moving.

Wednesday's planned 24-hour strike comes as Prime Minister George Papandreou puts the finishing touches to details of a deficit-reduction plan, endorsed by the European Commission last week to pull Greece's finances back from the brink.

His socialist government has promised to tighten one of Europe's leakiest tax systems and freeze public sector wages in a bid to slash Greece's deficit from 12.7 percent in 2009 to below the EU's 3 percent ceiling by 2012.

The emergency tax reform and wages bills are expected to be unveiled this week and become law by the end of the month, but details revealed have angered Greece's powerful unions.

"We are fighting so that the working people don't get to pay for the crisis," public sector union ADEDY said in a statement ahead of a news conference to outline their demands. "We demand a pay increase ... a fair tax system."

Finance Minister George Papaconstantinou, who took part in an impromptu cabinet meeting on Monday, said the raft of wage cuts and revenue reforms would involve lowering the top tax rate, as the government seeks to shield the poorest Greeks.