Public servants want things to ‘go back to normal’
The road to economic stability and recovery is long but the island must prepare to return to normalcy, the leader of the main civil service...
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Strike forces ministry to open up private health sector to cut waiting lists (Update 5)
All patients on waiting lists for surgeries at state hospitals on or after March 15 will undergo the procedures in the private sector, following a...
Why should I lose it all and the civil servants get back the little they lost?
When 65-year-old Rosie Ioannou decided to retire to Cyprus in 2010 after four decades working in the UK she imagined she would live comfortably for...
PASYDY nurses close to a deal, 185 new jobs expected
THE agreement between the Finance ministry and civil servants union PASYDY as regards demands of nurses is in the process of implementation, the union’s nursing...
PASYDY nurses distance themselves from disgruntled colleagues
NURSES affiliated to the civil servants’ union PASYDY explicitly distanced themselves from their colleagues of the PASYNO union who are planning to go on strike...
Nursing students will support PASYNO if union votes for strike
Students from the nursing faculty at the University of Technology (TEPAK) in Limassol said on Sunday they would fully support an indefinite strike by nurses...
Nurses unions fail to agree on way forward
A meeting between the two public-hospital nurses unions on Friday did not lead to any agreement to jointly push for the same demands, it emerged...
Nurses unions to discuss forging ties
The two public-hospital nurses’ unions should discuss joining forces to push for their demands, PASYDY union nurses’ branch leader Prodromos Argyrides told the Cyprus Mail...
Unions in spat over nurses’ strike
By Evie Andreou Civil servants union PASYDY took nurses union PASYNO to task on Wednesday for going on a two-day 12-hour strike and described their...
Tensions mount in health sector (Wrap up)
By Angelos Anastasiou and Evie Andreou TENSIONS mounted in the health sector on Tuesday as furious nurses slammed DISY leader Averof Neophytou for lambasting them,...
Civil servants in multi-billion compensation claim over 2013 cuts
Civil servants union PASYDY are claiming billions in back pay from the state, union boss Glafcos Hadjipetrou said on Monday. He was speaking to reporters...
State doctors seek to be included in decision making
State doctors union PASYKI want to be included in the dialogue concerning employment issues between the ministry and hospital staff committee, its chairman Sotiris Koumas...
Healthcare ‘breakthrough’ after nurses’ deal reached
In what seems like a breakthrough in industrial relations across the healthcare sector, Finance Minister Harris Georgiades announced on Monday the unfreezing of 185 nursing...
Nurses unions call off planned strike action
NURSES from public servants’ union PASYDY on Friday called off the six-hour strike they had announced for Monday, following a meeting with Health Minister Giorgos...
Forestry officials call two-hour strike over proposed staff cuts
Forestry officials will stage a two-hour strike on Monday during discussions at the House finance committee on the agriculture ministry’s 2016 budget, which foresees slashing...
Clumsy Anastasiades focusing on re-election
By Loucas Charalambous TWO MONTHS ago I argued that President Anastasiades would not dare take the decisions necessary to reach a settlement. This is what...
Our View: An unnecessary gesture to the least deserving
EXPLAINING the government’s bizarre decision to give pay rises to promoted public employees, a year earlier than it was necessary, finance minister Harris Georgiades said...
‘Mutual respect’ sees civil service reform move at fast pace
By Evie Andreou President Nicos Anastasiades said on Tuesday he is closely monitoring reform of the civil service reform with the aim of creating an...
Bases staff to strike on Monday
Members of PASYDY trade union working at the British bases will stage a 24-hour warning strike on Monday to protest a unilateral decision for pay...
Our View: Devil is in the detail of new public pay deal
WHILE the government’s plans to ensure the public payroll remains under control after the assistance programme ends are commendable, it is questionable whether the agreement...
