Unions accuse Okypy of stalling on collective labour agreement talks
Unions on Friday accused state health services organisation (Okypy) of delaying talks to reach collective agreements with staff working at state hospitals. In a statement...
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Unions gearing up for EAC demo on Thursday
An electricity authority (EAC) trade union which initially said it would abstain from the scheduled strike on Thursday, said it would demonstrate outside parliament. The...
CoLA compromise unlikely, minister gives until Christmas (Updated)
A compromise over CoLA (cost of living allowance) seems unlikely at the moment, Labour Minister Kyriacos Koushos said on Monday after a meeting between unions...
Fear of ‘chaos’ over CoLA fight
Unions and employers brace for fight over wage rises Unions and employers’ organisations are on a collision course over the cost of living allowance (CoLA),...
EAC unions say their ‘requests are now demands’
Electricity authority unions are set to decide whether they will begin strikes, after 90 per cent of members appear to be backing the move, it...
New meeting on cost of living allowance slated for November 7
The cost of living automatic price index adjustment (Cola) is to be discussed at a meeting scheduled with the ministry of labour for November 7....
Some 3,000 Turkish Cypriots crossing for work
Some 3,000 Turkish Cypriots are working in the government-controlled areas, according to reports from the north on Thursday. According to the newspaper Kibris, the number...
Our View: Media needs to realise teaching union bosses are not in it for education
There is a strange habit in the Cyprus media always to seek the opinions of teaching union bosses about public schools and education ministry policy....
Tetchy session at House over English School
English School staff threatened to strike on Wednesday over the decision to dismiss three unionised teachers as the education ministry called on the school board...
Turkish Cypriots protest over law to consolidate ‘municipalities’ (Update 1)
Turkish Cypriot trade unionists were demonstrating on Wednesday morning over the law pushed by the ‘government’ to consolidate ‘municipalities’ According Kibris Postasi, ‘municipality’ staffers were...
