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Workers in the support programmes of the education ministry will begin an indefinite strike on Monday, after unions cited many colleagues have gone five months without pay. Trade unions SEK ...

Staff at the state health services (Okypy) will be staging a 48-hour strike on November 10 and 11 to protest the non-implementation of provisions included in their collective agreement that ended in 2025 – ...

Social welfare officers staged a 24-hour strike on Friday, demanding additional recruitment to reduce workloads, restructuring of services under the deputy ministry, new premises and improved staff safety. Members of ...

The education ministry has criticised the decision by trade unions to announce strike action by employees in school support programmes, saying the move came just hours after an agreement to ...

Workers across all education ministry support programmes – such as educational and technical courses – are on a 24-hour strike on Friday, citing the government’s failure to meet commitments and resolve ...

Workers across all education ministry support programmes – such as educational and technical courses – will strike for 24 hours on Friday, citing the government’s failure to meet commitments and resolve employment ...

Irish public sector trade unions suspended a second day of widespread strikes planned for next week after they agreed on Friday to begin mediated discussions with the government this weekend ...

There is “no need to worry” about the possibility of fuel shortages impacting the Turkish Cypriot community, Turkish Cypriot petrol station owners’ association chairman Levent Cagdal said on Wednesday, despite ...

Turkish Cypriot electricity workers’ trade union El-Sen went on strike on Monday after a worker suffered serious injuries following an explosion at a transformer station last week, with the striking ...

Staff at the culture ministry staged a one-hour spontaneous work stoppage on Wednesday morning, protesting against what Pasydy described as repeated attempts by the ministry’s director-general to bring its ...

A 24-hour strike by more than 11,000 hourly paid government workers, due to begin on Thursday morning, was called off on Wednesday after union leaders met President Nikos Christodoulides. The meeting, ...

Nursing staff at Larnaca general hospital staged a one-hour work stoppage on Wednesday morning in protest over longstanding problems, including overcrowding and staff exhaustion. The spontaneous stoppage, held between 8am ...

Hourly paid civil servants remain on course for a nationwide strike on September 17 unless the government submits a revised pay proposal beforehand, representatives of three trade unions informed on Thursday. ...

The Union of Cyprus Municipalities will stage a three-hour protest strike on August 3 as a first measure of reaction, having rejected the government’s latest funding proposal, which they claim ...

Trade unions at the Electricity Authority of Cyprus have suspended strikes planned for Thursday following a meeting at the presidential palace on Tuesday afternoon. The meeting was attended by the ...

Cyprus could face rolling power cuts from Thursday as strikes by Electricity Authority of Cyprus workers are expected to reduce available power, the Transmission System Operator Cyprus warned on Tuesday. ...

Hourly paid government employees marched from the finance ministry to the presidential palace on Wednesday morning chanting slogans including ‘No to Starvation Salaries’ and ‘End the Mockery, we are not ...

Public hospitals have been placed on full alert ahead of Wednesday’s 24-hour strike by hourly paid government employees, with state health services organisation Okypy saying measures are in place ...

Hourly-paid government workers will hold a 24-hour strike on Wednesday to protest over low wages and unresolved labour demands, they said on Friday. The action was announced by unions SEK, ...

The three unions representing employees at CyBC have announced a one-hour strike on Friday, from 8pm to 9pm, citing long-standing unresolved labour issues. The unions accused the broadcaster’s management ...

Wardens at the central prison will go on strike for 24 hours on Friday next week, trade union Isotita announced on Wednesday. The union demanded the immediate termination of disciplinary proceedings ...

Forest firefighters staffing the Forestry Department will be staging a strike on May 25 and 26 to protest the violation of their work description. Trade unions SEK, PEO and Deok said on ...

Electricity authority (EAC) employees went on a 24-hour strike on Thursday, with trade unions warning of further escalating measures. Union boss Kyriacos Tafounas told media that, unless the government engages ...

Electricity authority (EAC) headquarters and customer service officers will remain closed on Thursday due to the 24-strike called by the trade unions. In a statement on Wednesday, the EAC said ...