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It was certain there would be a strong reaction by unions after 156 workers employed by two ground staff companies at Larnaca airport were handed redundancy notices. An impromptu two-hour strike ...

Baggage handlers at Larnaca airport held an impromptu two-hour strike on Tuesday morning after 156 staffers were handed redundancy letters. The workers carried out a spontaneous work stoppage from 10am until 12 ...

Electricity authority unions got the green light on Tuesday to further consult with their members on taking measures – typically meaning strike action – should their grievances not be addressed. Their concerns ...

State health services organisation (Okypy) has taken all the necessary steps for the smooth operation of Makarios children’s hospital, a spokesman said on Thursday as medical personnel were protesting ...

Prison guard members of the Isotita union unanimously voted to extend their strike actions indefinitely over the unresolved issue of their pay grades, following 12 days of consecutive protests, they announced ...

After the two-hour strike on Saturday evening at Paphos airport, which inconvenienced the passengers of eight flights, Transport Minister Yiannis Karousos felt obliged to reassure ground staff workers taking part ...

Union representatives and the Transport Ministry will meet next Monday for more discussions about the industrial dispute at Paphos airport, which led to a two-hour lighting strike on Saturday night ...

Around 70 ground staff at Paphos airport staged a lightning two-hour strike on Saturday night over possible redundancies, affecting a total of eight flights where passengers could not collect their luggage. ...

Nurses union Pasyno on Wednesday announced a protest outside parliament on Thursday morning to protest ongoing problems faced by the neonatal unit at Makarios hospital as deputies are set to ...

House legal affairs committee chairman Nicos Tornaritis said on Wednesday that the demands of prison guards, who earlier moved their ongoing demo to the Presidential Palace calling for pay rises, ...

There was never a commitment to upgrade pay grades for prison guards, Justice Minister Stephie Dracou said on Tuesday as affected members of Isotita union continued their indefinite strike with ...

Broken promises are unacceptable, prison guard members of Isotita union said on Monday as they started an indefinite strike with a protest outside the justice ministry over pay grades. They ...

Prison guard members of the Isotita union on Tuesday announced they will go on an indefinite strike over the alleged breach of a promise concerning salary upgrades. On Monday a ...

Workers at the Larnaca EKO gas bottling and distribution plant on Saturday decided to return to indefinite strike as the “last resort” to protect their labour rights. They had called ...

Workers at the EKO gas bottling and distribution plant in Larnaca called off their strike on Tuesday after reviewing a letter sent to them by the labour ministry the previous ...

Paphos municipal workers will stage a two-hour work stoppage on Thursday to press the municipality to go ahead with the hiring and promotion of workers in line with a relevant ...

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 ...