Our View: President showing lack of backbone over planned civil servants walkout
IF PRESIDENT Anastasiades wanted to advertise the government’s weakness and lack of resolve in dealing with the unions he could not have chosen a better...
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Greeks strike against austerity before Merkel visit
Greek labour unions staged a nationwide strike on Wednesday to protest against austerity policies imposed on the country by its foreign creditors, including Germany, whose...
Port strike ‘bringing economy to its knees’
By George Psyllides and Peter Stevenson PORT workers enforcing a work to rule are dealing a serious blow to the economy, Communications Minister Tasos Mitsopoulos...
Flights cancelled as security staff strike at Frankfurt Airport
Security workers at Frankfurt airport went on strike on Friday, prompting dozens of flight cancellations and causing delays to travellers passing through Europe’s third-largest hub....
Lufthansa faces weekend strike at Paris Airport
French unions have called on Lufthansa workers at Charles de Gaulle airport, Paris, to strike from Friday morning to Sunday evening in a dispute over...
Bus drivers to strike over pay
Bus drivers yesterday said they will go on strike on Monday, demanding to be paid in full for November. PEO and SEK trade unions said...
State doctors say overtime pay cut is good reason to strike
By Poly Pantelides STATE DOCTORS yesterday gave the health ministry a 15-day ultimatum to reconsider plans to reduce their overtime pay. If the health ministry...
PASYDY to stage two-hour warning strike next week
By Constantinos Psillides CIVIL SERVANTS are to stage a two-hour warning strike next week, protesting parliament’s decision to consider cutting their 13th month bonus by...
Unions threaten wave of strikes
By Elias Hazou TRADE unions of the telecoms utility CyTA delivered an ultimatum yesterday, threatening a wave of imminent strike action unless the finance minister...
Troika piles on the pressure for SGO sell-off, EAC union pledges to resist
By Elias Hazou AN Electricity Authority of Cyprus (EAC) trade union pledged yesterday to fight any attempt at privatising – either partially or in full-...
Municipal workers, nurses, pensioners protest against austerity
Tuesday was a day of protests outside parliament and the finance ministry as nurses, pensioners and municipality workers all gathered to voice their discontent at...
Hasikos says Kofinou slaughterhouse must close
By Maria Gregoriou WORKERS at the Kofinou slaughterhouse, in the Larnaca district, who have not been paid for two months, began a 48-hour strike yesterday...
Nurses mull strike over cuts
By Maria Gregoriou NURSES yesterday expressed their dissatisfaction with a finance ministry proposal to abolish allowances for those working in state hospitals during afternoons, Sundays...
UPDATED: Bank union calls off planned strike business had deemed ‘reckless’
By Stefanos Evripidou Bank employees’ union ETYK announced on Thursday its decision to call off a planned two-hour strike for Friday. The union decided to...
