Striking metro workers hold a plastic sheet to protect them from the rain at the central depot in Athens, Thursday, Jan. 24, 2013. Greece's conservative prime minister is holding emergency meeting after a deadline for striking public transport workers expired, leaving Athens' subway system closed for an eighth day. Strikers protesting pay cuts refused to return to work Thursday despite a court decision declaring their protest illegal. (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis), APTOPIX