More than 50 flights affected by strike
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 told to pick up kids before strike
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 in danger’ during Thursday’s strike
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 ...
Minister says CoLA must be fair and be paid to all
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 ...
Our View: Those on strike will not benefit the most from upping CoLA
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. ...
Minister to hold separate meetings with workers and employers over CoLA
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 ...
Striking workers break into bank’s headquarters in north
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 ...
Bus company furious over Larnaca drivers’ strike
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 strike over tachograph rules
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 apologises for unannounced strike
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 nurseries in Cyprus to strike next week
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 ...
Cyprus flights cancelled due to strike in Greece
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 ...
St Lazaros staff on strike demanding basic rights
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 workers on a 24-hour strike
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 ...
Paphos district govt workers to strike
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.
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Paramedics postpone industrial action pending cabinet approval of new bill
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 ...
Tepak Paphos campus workers to strike over travel expenses
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 north announce strike
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, ...
Minister appeals for end to cement strike
Labour Minister Yiannis Panayiotou on Tuesday appealed to both sides to end the cement workers strike that has entered its fourth week without resolution.
Employers and unions are negotiating a ...
Problems piling up as result of concrete workers strike
Financial repercussions from the ongoing concrete workers’ strike are growing exponentially while the shortage of material has far-reaching and unforeseen effects, the director general of the Cyprus chamber of commerce (...
Cement workers strike to continue
Workers in the cement industry on Sunday called on the government to take a more active role in sorting out their labour crisis, with a strike ongoing for more than ...
Cement workers protest, as dispute drags on
Cement workers protested outside the labour ministry on Friday over a prolonged dispute that has brought the construction industry to a halt.
Workers have been on strike for two weeks ...
‘Unacceptable’ that patient health used as bargaining chip
It is “inconceivable and unacceptable” for trade unions to use patient health and safety as a tool to force their employers to accept their demands, the Cyprus Federation of Patients’ ...
Israeli strikes kill 19 in Gaza, hospital in north makes distress call
Israeli forces killed at least 19 Palestinians in the Gaza Strip on Wednesday, including a rescue worker, health officials said, as troops deepened an incursion along the territory’s northern edge, ...