Coronavirus: Trade unions reject talk of staggered 13th salaries
Trade unions have moved to quash talk of a possible delay or suspension of payment of the 13th salary this December, despite the financial strain...
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French public sector unions call for another strike
France’s seven main public sector trade unions have called for a one-day strike next month, broadening the scope of discontent and protest President Emmanuel Macron...
EAC unions to consider ‘new measures’ to oppose privatisation
TRADE unions at the semi-state power company EAC will decide on Tuesday on the measures they will take to protest the government’s policy, which they...
Union calls on employers to respect workers
Sek trade union called on employers to respect workers in the public sector and be thankful because it was the unions that saved Cyprus from...
Unions testing French governments resolve for reform
French trade unionists blocked access on Monday to several fuel depots in protest against an overhaul of employment laws, seeking to test the government’s will...
Trade unions mobilise for May Day celebrations
LABOUR Day events will take place on Monday with mobilisations in all districts, the left-leaning Pancyprian Federation of Labour (PEO) trade union announced. The campaign...
French government shrugs off no-confidence vote, faces new strikes (Update 3)
French President Francois Hollande on Thursday faced a wave of labour strikes and festering street protests even as his government survived a vote of no-confidence...
Time to govern, not be governed
By George Koumoullis ON A SPRING day in 1980, the press secretary of Britain’s Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher entered her office obviously shaken and told...
History and prospects of trade unions at FES discussion
THE Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung (FES) foundation is organising a conference and round-table discussion on the history and future prospects of trade unions in Cyprus on both sides...
Our View: Government is sending the wrong message to unions
IT WAS almost stomach-churning to read the self-congratulatory announcement by EAC unions yesterday after they managed to secure in full their demand from the government...
EAC, unions and Lakkotrypis agreed to new terms for study tender
By Andria Kades Energy minister Yiorgos Lakkotrypis and labour unions at the Electricity Authority of Cyprus agreed to call for a new tender for a...
Our View: A show of cowardice in the face of union muscle-flexing
WHENEVER workers’ rights are perceived to be violated or there is an attempt to address labour market distortions caused by unions, all the great and...
EAC unions call off strike
By Andria Kades UNIONS representing workers at the Electricity Authority of Cyprus (EAC) on Thursday called off their planned strike action, after the government agreed...
Desperate unions make last-ditch effort to halt CY sale
By Constantinos Psillides THE only way for Cyprus Airways (CY) to continue to operate is for the European Commission to approve the airline’s restructuring plan,...
Our View: President showing lack of backbone over planned civil servants walkout
IF PRESIDENT Anastasiades wanted to advertise the government’s weakness and lack of resolve in dealing with the unions he could not have chosen a better...
‘SGOs are not yours,’ Harris tells workers
By George Psyllides THE taxpayers are the owners of state organisations and not the workers, Finance Minister Harris Georgiades said yesterday as unions contemplated their...
“Boss-napping” returns in France as unionists lock up Goodyear executives
French trade unionists held two executives overnight on Tuesday at the country’s Goodyear tyre plant – a flashpoint for France’s troubled industrial relations – to...
‘Act now or be damned later’ EAC union told
By Peter Stevenson AN EMERGENCY action plan is needed to deal with the Electricity Authority of Cyprus’ (EAC) declining revenues, Energy Regulatory Authority (CERA) chief...