Unions give government two-week ultimatum to restore CoLA (Updated)
By Elias Hazou and Sarah Ktisti Trade unions on Thursday gave the government and employers a two-week ultimatum to agree to the full reinstatement of...
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Our View: There should be no dialogue with EAC unions
From today, households and businesses in the Nicosia, Larnaca and Famagusta districts were to be subjected to power cuts of 30 minutes to an hour...
Our View: Government must not give into union blackmail
The pampered workers of the Electricity Authority of Cyprus (EAC), having failed to impose their diktats on the government with work stoppages and day strikes...
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...
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...
