Nicosia taxi drivers postpone strike
The Nicosia taxi association announced on Sunday they would postpone a scheduled four-hour strike scheduled for Monday. Set to take place between 6:30am to 10:30am,...
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Port drivers return to work after demands satisfied
Vehicle operators at Limassol port returned to work on Friday afternoon after being paid in full by their employer for overtime work carried out on...
Port strike over unpaid overtime
Vehicle operators at Limassol port staged an impromptu strike on Thursday, demanding full overtime pay for a bank holiday they had been asked to work...
Pentakomo waste management workers announce strike
Workers of Pentakomo waste management facility on Thursday announced an indefinite strike from next Monday after the company failed to pay their salaries, they said....
Paphos mayor says garbage collectors strike unjustified
Paphos garbage collectors started a 24-hour works stoppage on Tuesday morning, protesting a decision to privatise the town’s waste management system. Employees gathered outside the...
Zenon bus drivers call off planned strike
Drivers at Larnaca’s public bus company Zenon said Friday they were calling off a planned indefinite strike from March 4 after a meeting with the...
EAC workers to stage two-hour strike on March 12
Electricity Authority of Cyprus (EAC) employees said on Thursday they would go on a two-hour work-stoppage on March 12 over problems they say threaten the...
Zenon bus workers to strike over wage deductions not paid into benefit funds
The employees at Larnaca’s public bus company Zenon said they would go on indefinite strike from March 4 unless the company pays them the benefits...
Women called on to strike for one hour on March 6
Women in Cyprus are being urged to go on a one-hour work stoppage on March 6 in an act of solidarity and bring to the...
‘Children’s rights violated when not allowed to vote for strike’
The Commissioner for Children’s Rights Despo Michaelidou on Tuesday expressed her concern after students from two schools were banned from taking part in an island-wide...
Trainee specialist doctors stage three-hour strike
About 200 medical trainees from hospitals all over Cyprus staged a three-hour strike in all public hospitals on Wednesday. The strike lasted from 10am to...
Majority of teachers reject strike action over exams
The majority of teachers on Monday morning decided not to stage work stoppages to protest against recently introduced four-monthly exams in high schools. After 100...
EAC workers to stage warning strike next week
WORKERS at the Electricity Authority of Cyprus (EAC) will stage a two-hour warning strike next Thursday, in a bid to pressure management and the government...
HIO staff ‘could get inpatient care through the state’ but want private coverage (Update)
STAFF from the Health Insurance Organisation (HIO) will be going on a two-hour strike on Friday as an expression of their grievances relating to their...
EAC and port workers declare strike action
Electricity company (EAC) workers decided on Wednesday to stage a two-hour warning strike on the morning of October 24 over various labour matters that remain...
Bank employees’ unions ‘sending clear message’ with strike action (Updated)
Bank employees’ union Etyk intends to send a clear message to the management of Hellenic Bank by staging a work stoppage on Friday, an announcement...
Union calls strike at Hellenic bank
Bank employees’ union Etyk has called a 24-hour strike at Hellenic Bank for next Friday, accusing the company of reneging on prior commitments made to...
Ports Authority strike averted
Cyprus Ports Authority workers have called off a 24-hour-strike planned for Thursday after they received assurances from the authority that their demand for continuation of...
A&E doctors strike over staff shortages (updated)
Members of state doctors union Pasyki staged a 24-hour strike at A&E departments island-wide on Tuesday over acute understaffing issues which they say put patients...
A&E doctors to decide on strike action on Monday
State doctors’ union Pasyki said it would decide on Monday whether to proceed with Tuesday’s planned 24-hour strike at accident and emergency departments (A&Es) over...