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The upsurge in coronavirus cases in the past two weeks is creating strife in the health service as authorities scramble to reopen Covid wards and increase the number of beds, ...

The Norwegian government on Tuesday intervened to end a strike in the petroleum sector that had cut oil and gas output, a union leader and the labour ministry said, ending ...

The state health services organisation (Okypy) on Monday said that the planned work stoppage at state hospital A&E departments is at the detriment of the public and undermines ...

The Board of Directors of the Department of Information Services (DIS) in cooperation with the Pasydy union decided to go on a spontaneous work stoppage on Friday due to a ...

Employees of the Paphos Bus Company Osypa on Wednesday called off a scheduled strike after they were informed the transport ministry had paid their salaries for May. Osypa workers held ...

Responding to an urgent appeal from Disy leader Averof Neophytou, bank workers union Etyk on Thursday agreed to suspend – but not entirely call off – strike action at Hellenic Bank on ...

After receiving the go-ahead for ‘dynamic measures’ from the overwhelming majority of its membership, the bank employees’ union Etyk announced a 24-hour warning strike at Hellenic Bank. Etyk’s executive ...

Transport Minister Yiannis Karousos, who is currently acting as interim Labour Minister while Zeta Emilianidou remains hospitalised in Athens with a brain aneurism, has cancelled a meeting with bank employees ...

Forestry department staff of the airborne unit will not fly firefighting sorties from next month in protest at the government’s ongoing indifference to their longstanding demands. In a press ...

Parents and pupils associations will take their united stance against quarterly exams to the presidential palace next month after accusing the education ministry of turning a blind eye to practical ...

Nicosia bus employees on Saturday reached an agreement with their employers after mediation by Labour Minister Zeta Emilianidou and Transport Minister Yiannis Karousos. The agreement came after talks that lasted ...

Nicosia bus employees returned to work on Thursday, after they temporarily called off their indefinite strike which started last week. The decision to suspend the strike was announced after a ...

Hospitals are not understaffed, operator Okypy said on Monday after nurses unions backed their colleagues at Nicosia general hospital’s ICU for making an urgent call for more nurses to ...

Parents on Friday expressed their “sadness and displeasure” at the situation leading to teaching union Poed’s decision to stage a one-hour work stoppage, which is set to last from 7.30 ...

Taxi drivers on Tuesday said they would go ahead with a six-hour work stoppage next week to demand state financial support. Their statement came after the urban taxi sector was ...

Foreign Ministry diplomats will hold a full-day work strike on Wednesday over the appointment of a non-diplomat to the position of ambassador. A written statement by government union Pasydy said ...

Central London shops and businesses hoping to receive a much-needed boost from Black Friday sales were hit by disruption to the tube network as drivers held their biggest strike since 2018. ...

Taxi drivers held a strike on Tuesday to protest the customs department’s decision to check whether they filled their tanks with fuel from the north, disrupting rush hour traffic ...

Antiquities department staff staged a one-hour work stoppage on Wednesday to protest against plans which could see the division of responsibility on cultural heritage to the two constituent states in ...

Τhe interior ministry said reforms to meet lifeguards’ demands have been under way since July, adding they were surprised by the latter’s decision to strike on Friday. Earlier, members ...

A standoff between Limassol port workers and their employer appeared deadlocked on Thursday, after the latter turned down overtures from the labour ministry to reinstate four recently sacked workers and ...

Workers at DP World Limassol, which manages the general cargo and cruise terminals at Limassol port, went back on strike on Wednesday after the company decided to fire four employees. ...

After three days of constant discussions, the strike Limassol port came to an end on Wednesday. In the morning, the unions and port operator DP World Limassol, signed the collective ...

The law regulating strikes in essential services has been a topic of political discussion since the Clerides presidency in the nineties, when disruptive industrial action at different state organisations was ...