#strike

Phone operators at the Anytime insurance company have been striking since March 9 over the firm’s alleged decision to fire people active in a trade union. A statement by Peo ...

Students and parents across Livadia’s primary and secondary schools will hold a one-hour walkout on Monday morning to protest what they say is chronic overcrowding. “Overcrowding in our schools ...

Workers at a specific Paphos hotel held an impromptu strike on Monday morning over the alleged refusal of hoteliers in the district to pay them 50 per cent of the cost ...

Unions on Tuesday inched closer to an agreement with the state health services (Okypy) on creating collective agreements for staffers hired since 2019 on individual contracts. Nonetheless, it is not a ...

Cyprus came to a standstill on Thursday as thousands of workers across all sectors went on a three-hour islandwide strike over an impasse between the government and unions on full ...

Presidential candidate Averof Neophytou on Tuesday commended trade unions in Cyprus for their “responsible stance” throughout the years, adding he was confident that despite the looming strike action over the ...

A general strike being held around the island on Thursday is set to affect travellers as airlines operating at Larnaca and Paphos airports are scrambling to reschedule flights. The strike ...

The strike announced by quarry workers on Monday was called off following the intervention of agriculture minister Kostas Kadis. According to the Paphos Concrete Production and Quarry Companies spokesperson, Olga ...

The three-hour strike over the cost-of-living allowance (CoLA) taking place next Thursday will be held between noon and 3pm, the participating unions said on Friday. The nationwide strike seeks the ...

Four electricity authority (EAC) trade unions protested the presence of a fifth union – which opposes their position – at a meeting with competent ministers on Friday aiming to discuss issues concerning ...

About three out of four workers are estimated to participate in a nationwide strike next week to demand the full restoration of cost-of-living allowance (CoLA), Peo trade union secretary said ...

Energy Minister Natasa Pilides sounded a note of optimism on Tuesday ahead of Friday’s meeting with trade unions of the Electricity Authority (EAC) who have threatened to strike unless ...

Doctors and nurses at state hospitals will hold a two-hour work stoppage on Tuesday to exert pressure for having certain collective agreements renewed. Unions SEK, PEO, Deok, Pasydy, Pasyki and ...

A meeting between all sides has been set for next week in a bid to clinch some arrangement staving off strike action threatened by trade unions of the Electricity Authority, ...

Doctors at Paphos A&E went on a three-hour strike on Friday morning calling for “humane working conditions” saying they are short staffed. The department’s chief Neophyta Chrysanthou, ...

Wolt drivers in Nicosia were striking for the second day in a row on Wednesday, over pay cuts amid increasing prices in food, petrol and utility bills. The demonstration turned ...

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 in the evening because Electricity Authority ...

Doctors in Paphos’ general hospital A&E department will stage a three-hour strike on Friday over problems the state health services (Okypy) are blatantly ignoring, Pasyki union said on ...

Thousands of British civil servants are planning for one month of “sustained industrial action” through the winter in an ongoing pay dispute, the head of the Public and Commercial Services ...

A one-hour warning strike will be held on Thursday by members at the Electricity Authority (EAC) unions. The stoppage will be held between 11am and noon. “The staff is disappointed ...

Larnaca dockers on Monday agreed to end their strike action after a deal hammered out through the mediation of the ministers of labour and transport. The two ministers met separately, ...

Larnaca port workers on Thursday afternoon decided to suspend their strike after three days over docking policies, following the intervention of Labour Minister Kyriacos Koushos. According to an announcement from ...

Some of the thousands of passengers caught up in an unlawful strike by baggage handlers at Paphos airport on Wednesday have yet to receive their bags, they said on Friday. ...

The transport ministry on Thursday called on airport employees and companies to respect the relevant decrees and regulations, a day after an unlawful work stoppage caused travel chaos at Paphos ...