Voices questioning north election results grow
Voices questioning last Sunday’s ‘presidential’ election results in the north that saw National Unity Party leader Ersin Tatar win the race against incumbent Mustafa Akinci,...
Unions
Our View: With unions running the show state hospitals will remain dysfunctional
Everything is unravelling at state hospitals, which have been going from one crisis to another with no end in sight. Okypy, the state health service...
Coronavirus: Prodromou calls on parents and teachers to cooperate after mask backlash
Education Minister Prodromos Prodromou on Saturday called on parents and teachers to cooperate with the back-to-school coronavirus measures after the mandatory mask rule sparked a...
Our View: Despicable govt workers’ unions devoid of sense of duty
Public employees’ unions have sunk to new depths of disrepute with their despicably selfish behaviour. Teaching unions and Pasydy, shamelessly demanded special treatment from the...
Pentakomo waste management workers announce strike
Workers of Pentakomo waste management facility on Thursday announced an indefinite strike from next Monday after the company failed to pay their salaries, they said....
Zenon bus workers to strike over wage deductions not paid into benefit funds
The employees at Larnaca’s public bus company Zenon said they would go on indefinite strike from March 4 unless the company pays them the benefits...
EAC workers to stage warning strike next week
WORKERS at the Electricity Authority of Cyprus (EAC) will stage a two-hour warning strike next Thursday, in a bid to pressure management and the government...
Changes to pay policies in Cyprus’ banks ‘inevitable’, BoC chief says (Updated)
Changes pay policies in the banking sector are unavoidable, and banks will need to engage with the unions on the issue, Bank of Cyprus’ Chief...
Hellenic Bank urges union to enter negotiations as some employees strike
A 24-hour strike over a pay dispute was damaging for the staff itself, Hellenic Bank said on Friday, as their union expressed satisfaction over the...
Unions turning Gesy into a ‘theatre of the absurd’ minister says
HEALTH Minister Constantinos Ioannou on Thursday had a go at the attitudes of certain parties within the national health scheme Gesy, saying some of the...
Bank employees’ unions ‘sending clear message’ with strike action (Updated)
Bank employees’ union Etyk intends to send a clear message to the management of Hellenic Bank by staging a work stoppage on Friday, an announcement...
Public service unions call for dialogue on reforms
PUBLIC service unions on Friday called for dialogue with the government over reforms with some arguing that it was not completed while others saying they...
Thomas Cook collapse endangers labour peace in hotel sector
LABOUR Minister Zeta Emilianidou has given hoteliers 15 days to decide on whether they will sign an agreement with workers unions after the former expressed...
Union interference over university places is the culmination of irrationality
By Dr Panayiotis K Mavros The relentless attack launched on the University of Cyprus and the Technological University by the school teachers unions Oelmek, Oltek...
Hoteliers and unions agree on terms for collective agreement (Updated)
After lengthy negotiations, hoteliers and unions said Wednesday they agreed on the terms for the renewal of the industry’s collective agreement, which includes a legally...
Anastasiades highlights challenges to future of work at ILO conference (Updated)
President Nicos Anastasiades on Tuesday repeated a pre-election pledge to engage in a dialogue to establish a national minimum wage once conditions of full employment...
EAC head says will invite unions to dialogue on pay demands
THE head of the electricity authority (EAC) said on Saturday the management would invite unions to a dialogue provided they withdrew lawsuits they filed against...
Unions say conditions set for dialogue at EAC after strike fears
Union leaders said Friday the conditions were created to overcome labour issues at the electricity authority where workers have threatened to go on strike over...
EAC unions to decide Friday whether to strike
Trade unions representing workers at the Electricity Authority of Cyprus (EAC) are on Friday set to decide which industrial action to take in order to...
Young and old called on to participate in protest over ‘co-op scandal’
Pensioner and student organisations on Tuesday called on their members to take part in a huge rally planned for Wednesday evening to protest against the...
