#CoLA

Sek secretary general Andreas Matsas, on Friday described the government’s recent announcement on the universal application of the cost-of-living adjustment (CoLA) as a “publicity stunt,” saying it was not ...

An estimated 3,000 people from both the public and private sectors joined Thursday’s island-wide general strike in Limassol, demanding the full restoration of the cost-of-living allowance (CoLA), according to figures ...

Carrying placards reading “hands off CoLA”, “CoLA for all” and “the struggle for CoLA does not stop here”, thousands of protesters gathered outside the district administration in Paphos on Thursday ...

Cyprus was brought to a standstill on Thursday, as thousands of workers staged a nationwide strike outside the finance ministry, chanting “Hands off CoLA” and “CoLA for all workers,” demanding ...

The government’s reform of the cost-of-living allowance (CoLA) is “a huge reform”, President Nikos Christodoulides said on Wednesday, just a day before a three-hour general strike called by the ...

The Cost of Living allowance (CoLA) must be modernised so that it responds to society’s needs, Labour Minister Yiannis Panayiotou said on Tuesday, as the island braces for a ...

The Union of Cyprus Journalists (ESK) on Tuesday called for both members and non-members to participate in the three-hour work stoppage as part of Thursday’s general strike, calling it ...

Trade unions on Monday evening said they would go ahead with the general strike on Thursday after yet another meeting on the Cost of Living Allowance (CoLA) with employers and ...

The decision by the main unions to stage a national, three-hour work stoppage to press for the full restoration of the Cost of Living Allowance (CoLA) came as no surprise. ...

Labour Minister Yiannis Panayiotou will hold separate meetings with workers and employers over the cost-of-living allowance (CoLA) with the aim of staving off the looming three-hour general strike over the ...

A marathon meeting at the labour ministry over the Cost of Living Allowance (CoLA), as unions had declared they would strike if it was not reinstated, ended in deadlock, it ...

Trade unions doubled down on Thursday, threatening possible nationwide strikes as of next week unless government mediation efforts come up with a proposal on the Cost of Living Allowance (CoLA) ...

Cyprus’ leading trade unions have confirmed that talks over the cost-of-living allowance (CoLA) have reached a deadlock and preparations for possible strike action are back on the table. The latest ...

A meeting of trade unions to discuss the cost-of-living allowance (CoLA) which was scheduled to take place on Thursday has been cancelled due to the ongoing wildfires raging in the ...

General secretary of Sek union federation Andreas Matsas had an article published in Monday’s Politis, in which he demonstrated his role as the chief salesman of the automatic price ...

The labour ministry on Monday stepped up efforts to find a compromise on the future of the Cost of Living allowance (Cola) as hotel unions continued to threaten to strike. ...

Trade unions met on Tuesday with Labour Minister Yiannis Panayiotou, in an effort to reach an agreement on the cost-of-living allowance (CoLA). They will meet again on July 8. Until then, ...

The European Commission sounded a warning about state expenditure for this year as it was forecasted to grow by more than the government stipulated it would. The government’s commitment ...

The cost-of-living allowance (CoLA) is a “blessing” and will not be scrapped, Labour Minister Yiannis Panayiotou said on Thursday. “CoLA will be expanded so that it continues to operate, and, ...

President Nikos Christodoulides acknowledged the civil service’s negative image on Tuesday, saying however that it had been a driver in difficult times, such as after the Turkish invasion in 1974, ...

During a May Day event organised by trade union Sek in Nicosia on Thursday, Labour Minister Yiannis Panayiotou reaffirmed the government’s commitment to social justice, outlining a series of ...

By the end of the year the government will unveil a ‘plan’ for reforming the cost of the public sector, the Cyprus Mail has learned. Whether the changes will be ...

Employers and industrialists’ federation (Oev) chairman Antonis Antoniou on Friday expressed his distaste for the cost-of-living allowance (CoLA), saying his organisation believes it “should have disappeared”. He was speaking after ...

Fresh discussions on the Cost of Living Allowance (CoLA) will get underway after the Easter holiday, media reported on Monday, on the back of the release of an International Monetary ...