Three unions to strike on Tuesday at the co-op
The members of three unions working at the bailed out Cooperative Central Bank will stage on Tuesday a three-hour warning strike to protest the employer’s...
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Union authorised to take action by Hellenic Bank workers (Update-1)
(Updates with Hellenic comment in seventh paragraph and background in second) By Stelios Orphanides Bank workers’ union Etyk said that its members at Hellenic bank...
Etyk to push for same terms for Co-op workers
Bank employees’ union Etyk aims to gradually equate the terms of employment for its members at the Co-operative network, with the ultimate goal of a...
Angered Etyk announces two-hour strike at Hellenic Bank over NPL unit
Workers at Hellenic Bank will hold a two-hour warning strike on Tuesday to protest against the bank’s intention to transfer staff to a new unit...
Etyk threatens Hellenic with strike over deal to administer bad loans
Bank workers union Etyk said it may consider industrial action to force Hellenic Bank to provide more information on its plan to set up APS...
ETYK issues threat over Hellenic Bank deal with APS Holding (updated)
Bank workers’ union ETYK said its members at Hellenic Bank will meet on Wednesday to discuss the lender’s intention to assign management of its bad...
ETYK wants bank worker salaries restored to pre-crisis levels
Bank workers’ union ETYK informed Cypriot banks that it wants its members’ benefits restored to pre-crisis levels, which may result to pay increases of up...
Georgiades reiterates commitment to restore bailed in provident funds, ETYK says
Finance Minister Harris Georgiades reaffirmed the government’s commitment to rehabilitate provident funds “soon” which lost money in Cyprus’s 2013 banking crisis, bank workers’ union ETYK...
Bank union unimpressed with co-op redundancy package
Amid protest by bank employees’ union ETYK, the Co-operative Central Bank (CCB) this week unveiled an early-exit proposal, which aims to reduce its 2,750 staff...
Our View: Where union rights end and protection rackets begin nobody knows
UNION bullying and intimidation has always been considered a legitimate activity, another so-called ‘right’ of the workers that we have to respect because such rights...
ETYK says BOC new VRS “balanced & decent”
Bank workers’ union ETYK said that Bank of Cyprus’s latest voluntary retirement scheme, the third offered to employees this year, aiming at avoiding involuntary redundancies...
Union continues sabre rattling as BoC workers vote on new exit plan
By Stelios Orphanides ETYK members working at Bank of Cyprus in the Nicosia district have overwhelmingly approved a resolution authorising the union to take all...
BOC workers to vote on a new retirement scheme
By Stelios Orphanides Bank workers’ union ETYK said that it asked Bank of Cyprus workers to decide the fate of an updated voluntary retirement scheme...
ETYK resorts to sabre rattling as BOC prepares for redundancies
Bank workers’ union ETYK said that it will act with determination to thwart Bank of Cyprus’s intention to declare redundant up to 193 out of...
Bank of Cyprus improves voluntary retirement scheme terms
Bank workers’ union ETYK said that Bank of Cyprus agreed to extend the deadline of a voluntary retirement scheme by 15 days and make its...
Bank of Cyprus exit scheme comes up short
Bank of Cyprus’ (BoC) latest voluntary exit scheme for its employees has reportedly been a flop The deadline for BoC’s plan was Friday, with only...
Relations worsen between union and co-ops
By Angelos Anastasiou The standoff between bank employees’ union ETYK and the Co-operative Central Bank (CCB) seems to have taken a turn for the worse,...
ETYK’s coop strike an act of provocation, Georgiades says
By Stelios Orphanides Finance Minister Harris Georgiades has described the 48-hour strike at the bailed-out cooperative banks announced by bank workers’ union ETYK for today...
Union calls 48-hour-strike at co-ops (Updated)
By Angelos Anastasiou Bank employees’ union ETYK announced a 48-hour strike for employees at the Cooperative Central Bank (CCB) starting Thursday, escalating measures after management...
Co-operative bank workers to strike on Friday
By Stelios Orphanides Bank workers union ETYK said that its 900 members will hold a 24-hour strike on Friday at the bailed-out Cooperative Central Bank...
