#strike

Government politicians are terrified of strikes in the broader public sector. This is most probably because public sector unions represent large numbers of voters which no politician ever wants to ...

Social workers went on a 24-hour strike on Monday, objecting to the deputy welfare ministry’s decision to “arbitrarily” assign them duties belonging to the department for the social integration ...

Social welfare services staff hold a 24-hour strike on Monday in protest over a recent decision about the coordination of disability support programmes. The announcement was made by the administrative ...

Customs workers in Limassol and Nicosia went on a 24-hour strike on Thursday, then escalated by announcing an indefinite strike starting on Friday, demanding more time to get acquainted with ...

Trade unions will hold a Cyprus-wide meeting on Wednesday to discuss the latest developments in the CoLA impasse, which could include extending or intensifying measures. Unions from the private and ...

Workers at three hotels in Limassol went on a spontaneous strike on Friday morning. Trade union Sek announced that workers at the Atlantica Miramare hotel, the Atlantica Oasis hotel, and ...

More than 50 flights at Larnaca and Paphos airports will be affected by the three-hour strike on Thursday, Hermes Airports told the Cyprus News Agency on Wednesday. A representative said that “...

Parents and guardians of schoolchildren are responsible for picking them up ahead of Thursday’s general strike, the education ministry said on Wednesday. Buses will not be running, so children ...

No lives will be in danger during the general strike on Thursday and no patients will be left without proper medical care, the State health services organisation (Okypy) said on ...

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 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 ...

Employees of the north’s Koop Bank and its subsidiaries who went on strike after not being paid their salaries for the month of July on Tuesday broke into the ...

Cyprus Public Transport expressed its fury on Thursday over workers in Larnaca’s decision to go on strike on Wednesday evening. A total of 120 Larnaca-based Cyprus Public Transport employees, including ...

Transport drivers across Cyprus walked out on Monday, demanding urgent changes to laws on tachograph use. The 24-hour strike began at 5am following a vote last week by the national ...

Cyprus Public Transport on Monday apologised for an unannounced strike staged by its workers in Larnaca during the early morning. Workers went on strike at 6am, with Cyprus Public Transport ...

Community nursery workers across Cyprus will stage a 24-hour warning strike on June 3, in protest against the government’s ongoing failure to address serious concerns about the future of public ...

An air traffic control strike in Greece has affected 31 flights to and from Cyprus’ airports to and from those in Athens and Salonica, Hermes Airports said on Wednesday. Due to ...

Staff at the St Lazaros foundation for people with disabilities is on a 24-hour strike on Wednesday, demanding the signing of a collective agreement, with the inclusion of the cost-of-living ...

Larnaca port dockers went on a 24-hour warning strike on Monday to protest over the unloading procedures at the port. The workers blocked the entrance and exit of the port ...

Employees of the Paphos district government are to engage in a two-hour strike on March 13 to protest against the EOA’s apparent refusal to enter into a collective labour agreement. ...

Paramedics have postponed their planned refusal to work overtime for two weeks until February 27, pending the approval of a bill to “protect” the profession by cabinet. Cyprus ambulance crew paramedics ...

Faculty and other staff at the Cyprus University of Technology (Tepak)’s Paphos campus are to strike on Thursday over unpaid travel expenses. The workers said an agreement had been ...

Air traffic controllers in the north on Thursday night announced their intention to go on strike for ten and a half hours on Monday. HTKS, the union representing the workers, ...