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Bus drivers call off strike after government covers March wages Cyprus

Bus drivers call off strike after government covers March wages

April 4th, 20192096 Bus company Emel will be resuming normal business on Friday, ending a strike over a dispute over unpaid March wages. The announcement was made late on Thursday by labour minister Zeta Emilianidou after hours-long talks with bus company reps and trade union leaders in Nicosia. Bus drivers had called an ‘indefinite strike’...
Transport ministry covers March salaries of striking bus drivers Cyprus

Transport ministry covers March salaries of striking bus drivers

April 4th, 20192000 The transport ministry has paid a monthly sum to bus company Emel which is sufficient to cover the wages of the workers, Transport Minister Vasiliki Anastasiadou told striking Limassol bus drivers on Thursday. The bus drivers were to meet with Labour Minister Zeta Aimilianidou on Thursday afternoon to discuss whether the pledge to pay...
Limassol bus strike to continue for third day on Thursday Cyprus

Limassol bus strike to continue for third day on Thursday

April 3rd, 20192268 Limassol bus drivers and their unions will take their strike to Nicosia on Thursday, the third day of the indefinite strike which started on Tuesday morning. Unions Sek and Peo announced the Emel bus employees will gather outside the transport and labour ministries to protest on Thursday morning. They have called for a meeting with...
Larnaca bus drivers call off strike Cyprus

Larnaca bus drivers call off strike

March 30th, 20191859 Public bus drivers in Larnaca on Saturday called off a strike scheduled for Tuesday after coming to an agreement with their management over their salaries. Zenon drivers had announced a strike for Tuesday after they did not get paid for March. Unions said on Saturday they had received assurances that salaries will be paid by...
Race on to avert bus strike in three cities next week Cyprus

Race on to avert bus strike in three cities next week

March 29th, 20192312 Transport Minister Vasiliki Anastassiadou said on Friday she would meet with representatives of public transport companies in a bid to avert the strike measures announced for next week, as Limassol’s Emel bus drivers announced they would also go on an indefinite strike following the Nicosia and Larnaca companies. Emel employees...
Nicosia and Larnaca bus companies announce indefinite strike from Tuesday Cyprus

Nicosia and Larnaca bus companies announce indefinite strike from Tuesday

March 28th, 20194095 Nicosia and Larnaca could be left with no public transport next week after two public bus companies have said they will be going on indefinite strike as of Tuesday April 2, due to the fact they have not been paid their March wages yet. In a statement, the unions representing workers at the Osel (Nicosia) and Zenon (Larnaca) bus...
Limassol bus drivers threaten strike if wage cuts not restored Cyprus

Limassol bus drivers threaten strike if wage cuts not restored

February 13th, 20191900 Drivers with the Limassol bus company Emel have given a deadline until the end of the month to have their salary cuts and benefits restored or they will take industrial measures, they said. A letter has been sent to the transport and labour ministries given a warning of possible strike measures. Sek and Peo unions said the company...
Ministry looking to hire buses to end Paphos transport crisis Cyprus

Ministry looking to hire buses to end Paphos transport crisis

January 15th, 20194632 The vast majority of striking bus drivers at the Paphos bus company (Osypa) have accepted Transport Minister Vasiliki Anastasiadou’s mediation proposal which saw the ministry on Tuesday seek to hire buses to operate in Paphos from Thursday to February 10. After striking for seven days over the non-payment of December wages, Osypa...
No end in sight to Paphos bus strike Cyprus

No end in sight to Paphos bus strike

January 11th, 20195507 Drivers of the Paphos public transport company (Osypa) completed their third day of strike measures on Friday, with the strike having no end in sight as rivalling sides continue to lay fault elsewhere. While the bus company asks for money from the ministry, the ministry claims it is the company which owes money to the government...
Paphos bus drivers to strike again on Wednesday Cyprus

Paphos bus drivers to strike again on Wednesday

January 8th, 20192496 Paphos bus drivers announced yet another strike for Wednesday, bus company Osypa said on Tuesday. The reason, the drivers said, was the non-payment of wages for December. “We have been waiting until this time for the competent ministry to make the payments without any results so far," spokesman for the bus drivers Christos...
Paphos bus drivers take pay protest to Nicosia   Cyprus

Paphos bus drivers take pay protest to Nicosia  

December 11th, 20182432 By Evie Andreou Drivers from the Paphos public bus company, Osypa, gathered on Tuesday morning outside the Presidential Place to protest over the fact that they had not received any assurances they would receive their December and 13th salaries. The protest follows a dispute between Osypa and the transport ministry over the...
Striking bus drivers prepare to descend on presidential palace Cyprus

Striking bus drivers prepare to descend on presidential palace

December 10th, 20181911 Paphos bus drivers said on Monday evening they were still planning on protesting outside the presidential palace on Tuesday despite a last-ditch effort by the transport ministry which paid their company the subsidies for October and November. A spokesman for the drivers, Christos Evangelou, told state television CyBC they were going...
Striking Paphos bus drivers threaten protest at palace if no progress by Monday Cyprus

Striking Paphos bus drivers threaten protest at palace if no progress by Monday

December 9th, 20182851 Paphos bus drivers warned on Sunday that if there were no developments in resolving their wages issues, they would protest outside the presidential palace in their vehicles. The on-again-off-again strike by bus company Osypa’s drivers, continued on Sunday and no progress has been made in resolving the financial dispute between the...
Paphos again without buses on Friday Cyprus

Paphos again without buses on Friday

December 7th, 20183538 By Lizzy Ioannidou Renewed indefinite strike measures were launched on Friday by Paphos public transport company (Osypa) employees, after the company’s failure to pay November salaries, despite government promises on Tuesday that a solution would be found this week. Once again, thousands of students, pensioners, workers and...
Paphos bus drivers to resume strike on Friday Cyprus

Paphos bus drivers to resume strike on Friday

December 6th, 20183482 Paphos bus drivers will resume strike action on Friday at 6am, it was announced on Thursday. According to state radio a meeting of bus company Osypa with the transport ministry on Wednesday failed to reach a deal in the ongoing impasse, and the employees including 120 drivers have still not been paid their salary for November. The...
Our View: Bus companies continual strikes have become a farce Our View

Our View: Bus companies continual strikes have become a farce

December 5th, 20182283 Bus drivers in Paphos and Limassol may have called off their strikes after the government transferred money for November and December wages to their respective companies, but it does not look like the ongoing dispute over payments will be resolved any time soon. In fact, the dispute has been going on for years, with the Anastasiades...
Bus drivers in Paphos and Limassol call off strike (updated) Cyprus

Bus drivers in Paphos and Limassol call off strike (updated)

December 4th, 20183847 Public transport is set to return to normal on Wednesday after Paphos bus company Osypa employees agreed on Tuesday to join those from Limassol in calling off strike measures after receiving government promises that a solution to the company’s problems will be found within the next two days. As a sign of good will, the around 120...
Larnaca calls off bus strike, Limassol and Paphos defiant (Updated) Cyprus

Larnaca calls off bus strike, Limassol and Paphos defiant (Updated)

December 3rd, 20184742   The government signed off on Monday on financial contributions to the Larnaca and Limassol bus companies, though only Larnaca’s Zenon announced the postponement of strike measures, with public transport strikes in Limassol and Paphos expected to continue on Tuesday. Employees of Larnaca bus company Zenon announced on...
Thousands without public transport in Limassol and Paphos (Update 1) Cyprus

Thousands without public transport in Limassol and Paphos (Update 1)

December 3rd, 20183621 Thousands of public transport users, mainly student, were without buses on Monday as wrangling continued behind the scenes between transport officials and bus companies. Paphos bus company Osypa stopped working at 6am, threatening an indefinite work stoppage. Around 120 bus drivers, technicians and secretarial staff went on...
Transport ministry will try to resolve issues to avert wide bus strike (Update 2) Cyprus

Transport ministry will try to resolve issues to avert wide bus strike (Update 2)

December 1st, 20183205 The race was on Saturday to avert bus strikes in Limassol, Larnaca and Paphos on Monday where thousands of people would face travel misery if public transport employees make good on their threat. The transport ministry said they would do their utmost the resolve the issue before Monday. Limassol bus company Elem, Larnaca’s Zenon...
Larnaca bus drivers threaten strike Cyprus

Larnaca bus drivers threaten strike

November 6th, 20181912 Larnaca bus unions on Tuesday warned they will take legal measures if their salaries are not paid by Wednesday. “For the sixth consecutive month the Larnaca bus company Zenon has not paid employees’ salaries on time. According to the law, every employer is obliged to pay the salaries of employees at the end of each month,” a...
Paphos bus strike lifted, ministry says (updated) Cyprus

Paphos bus strike lifted, ministry says (updated)

May 4th, 20185101 A bus strike over unpaid salaries in Paphos that had entered its fourth day was lifted Friday following negotiations, the transport ministry said. In a statement on Friday afternoon, the ministry said the parties came to an agreement and drivers will return to work starting Saturday morning. Operations manager Andreas Rodosthenous...
Limassol bus strike ends, but threat of further action Cyprus

Limassol bus strike ends, but threat of further action

March 21st, 20182339 Although the 48-hour bus strike came in Limassol came to a close on Wednesday, drivers have not ruled out escalating their measures, even with an indefinite strike. Drivers for Limassol bus company Emel began their strike on Tuesday in a bid to have concessions they made in wages and benefits in 2014 reinstated. A seven hour...
Bus strikes lead to new auditor general spat Cyprus

Bus strikes lead to new auditor general spat

March 20th, 20183222 The 48-hour strike by Limassol bus drivers on Tuesday raised the problem of government overpayments to public transport companies leading to a spat between the transport ministry and the auditor general on who’s to blame. Auditor-general Odysseas Michaelides refuted criticism by the permanent secretary of the transport ministry...
Parents appeal to striking bus company to solve dispute with the state Cyprus

Parents appeal to striking bus company to solve dispute with the state

March 20th, 20182448 Parents of affected school children have appealed to striking Limassol drivers, bus company Emel and the transport ministry to resolve their conflicts after the drivers started a 48-hour strike on Tuesday morning. The parents’ union of public schools said immediate action should be taken by all concerned so students can get to...
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