A Sunday well spent brings a week of content goes the old saying. But in Greece the difference is whether you’re spending money or time with the family.

Dozens of retail workers have set up a picket line in Athens to protest against Sunday openings, one of the many measures included in the bailout programme.

“We want to show our employers that we are on strike and we will protect the picket line and we want to send a message that we will continue our struggle no matter which government is in power,” explained Eleni Lalou, one of the protest organisers.

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photos via dromografos pic.twitter.com/nZlyFd5Wiz— Τάσος Παπαδόπουλος (DOC_PROVOCATEUR) July 19, 2015


It is a sore point for Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras who pledged never to force the issue of Sunday openings, but not everyone agrees that opening up shops is bad deal.

“I believe that [Prime Minister Alexis] Tsipras in the only one who will