Coronavirus: ministry slammed for firing contract teacher who refused test (Updated)
The education ministry was slammed on Saturday for firing a contract teacher after they refused to undergo the mandatory weekly rapid test for coronavirus. In...
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Turkish Cypriot union suing Tatar for inciting threats against journalist
The press workers’ union in the north, Basin-Sen, announced on Thursday it was suing Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar over his disparaging comments on social...
Peo union calls on finance minister to pressure banks over new charges
Left-wing umbrella union Peo said on Wednesday it has written a letter to Finance Minister Harris Georgiades calling on him to use everything at his...
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...
Our View: Bank union resorting to strikes to preserve power
ONLY in our union-dominated country was it possible for a union to call a strike because it wanted the employer to spend less money on...
Ten days on, air traffic staff still have gaping hole in ceiling, they say
THE air traffic control centre in Nicosia, where part of the ceiling collapsed on June 13 remains unrepaired, the Pancyprian public sector union (Pasydy) said...
Education minister called to apologise for ‘offensive’ comments
By Evie Andreou EDUCATION Minister, Costas Hambiaouris, found himself in the dog house on Saturday after both teachers and nurses lashed out on him for...
PEO union calls on state to properly staff labour inspection unit after latest workplace death
PEO union on Sunday called on the state to properly staff the department of labour inspection following the death of a 25-year-old woman in a...
BoC workers authorise Etyk to strike over “unreasonable” demands
By Stelios Orphanides The members of Etyk working for Bank of Cyprus on Monday authorised the union to strike in a dispute over an alleged violation of...
Teachers union says no to midterms
Around two thirds of the 4,500 members of the secondary education teachers’ union Oelmek who took to the ballots on Thursday voted against the introduction of...
President’s pre-election promise on minimum wages needs more discussion, union says
The head of umbrella union SEK said on Tuesday that the issue of a minimum wage for each profession was touched on during a broad...
New civil servants’ union aims for equal rights
A new union for contract civil servants said on Friday its members are aiming for equal rights with their full-term colleagues. The Equality trade union...
Bank workers union to demonstrate over provident funds
Bank employees’ union Etyk will hold a demonstration on February 1, because the government has failed to keep its promises, it announced on Tuesday. Etyk...
Doctors’ union continues to criticise health minister
The decision of the Nicosia general’s intensive care unit (ICU) doctor who handed his resignation effective mid-November to stay on until year-end, in order to...
Etyk bashes Georgiades on pension funds, wants a word with President
Bank workers’ union Etyk said on Wednesday that the rejection by the finance minister of its demands for complete compensation of provident funds for losses...
‘No going back’ on teacher reforms, ministry says
The education ministry said on Thursday there was no going back, as primary teachers staged an all-day strike to protest parliament’s approval of two bills...
Going to work on the other side
As talks on a settlement have entered a more decisive phase over the last couple of years, young professionals and companies from both sides...
ETYK issues threat over Hellenic Bank deal with APS Holding (updated)
Bank workers’ union ETYK said its members at Hellenic Bank will meet on Wednesday to discuss the lender’s intention to assign management of its bad...
Teachers suspend periodic strike measures for now
Primary education teachers’ union Poed announced on Thursday it would suspend for two weeks the strike measures it decided on last month over the employment...
Teachers take measures for second week, may call off planned future stoppages
Classes at the Famagusta district primary schools began an hour later on Wednesday as teachers went on a one-hour work stoppage, while their union, Poed,...