Our View: Koushos made a mistake in trying to broker the CoLA deal
IF HE has made a full recovery from illness and returns to work on Tuesday, the first thing the labour minister Kyriakos Koushos would have to do is make a ...
Tackling poverty part of trade unions’ hefty 2023 agenda
Workers unions on Friday issued their 2023 agendas addressing key issues such as the need for more collective agreements, increase of pensions and implementation of legal framework for remote work and ...
Isotita rep for prison guards ‘resigned from union position after threats’
The real reason for Giorgos Maltezos resignation as head of the prison guard branch of Isotita were threats he received against his life and his family, the labour union said ...
Teachers’ union demands meeting with minister, threatens action
State secondary school teachers’ union Oelmek on Thursday complained that decisions taken at the ministerial level are overturned or not implemented at lower levels of the education ministry’s hierarchy ...
Power cuts not ruled out as EAC unions step up measures (Update 2)
By Elias Hazou and Jonathan Shkurko
Trade unions representing workers at the Electricity Authority of Cyprus (EAC) on Thursday announced measures as of next week that could potentially lead to ...
Our View: We remain at the mercy of the unions
Although nobody acknowledges it, government in Cyprus, regardless of who is in charge, has had its hands tied by unions for decades. Its policies are regularly curtailed or distorted by ...
Sek warns of strikes if CoLA not fully reinstated
Sek trade union warned on Tuesday that if the cost-of-living allowance (CoLA) fails to be fully reinstated they will mobilise their workers.
“Reinstating the cost-of-living allowance is not negotiable,” secretary ...
Peo union workers march on palace over cost of living crisis
Left-wing trade union Peo claimed on Saturday that the Anastasiades-Disy government deprived workers of €7.5 billion worth of income during ten years in office.
The union held a demonstration march at 10...
Level of workplace bullying ‘alarming’, union says
By George Pirishis
More than one in two people employed in Cyprus say they have experienced bullying in the workplace, according to a new survey that Sek union, which commissioned ...
Union slams minimum wage, points to exploitation loopholes
The independent trade union federation (Poaso) expressed its strong disappointment with the amount set for the national minimum wage and raised concerns about the absence of several important safeguards for ...
Bicommunal peace event to take place on September 1
Political parties, trade unions and organisations from both sides of the divide in Cyprus stressed on Monday their determination to continue their struggle for the reunification of the country.
In ...
House education committee to hold extraordinary session on English School
The House committee on education is to hold an extraordinary session on Wednesday August 24 to discuss the issues prompted by the recent layoffs at the English School in Nicosia, according ...
Union says EU’s assessment on minimum wage determined at €1,000 (Updated)
The introduction of a national minimum wage was part of president Anastasiades’ pre-election commitments, and it would have been introduced by the end of May this year had late minister ...
A challenge to union power
‘Standing up to bank employees union will take guts’
Negotiations for the renewal of the collective agreement at Hellenic Bank, which were on hold for seven months, are set to ...
Bank workers union agrees to suspend strike action for now (Update 3)
Responding to an urgent appeal from Disy leader Averof Neophytou, bank workers union Etyk on Thursday agreed to suspend – but not entirely call off – strike action at Hellenic Bank on ...
Inequalities becoming more pronounced, union says ahead of labour day
By Gina Agapiou and Antigoni Pitta
Social inequalities are becoming more pronounced, trade union Peo said in a joint statement with Turkish Cypriot labour unions ahead of international workers’ day, ...
Bank workers union calls on Hellenic staff to resist mass redundancy plan
Cyprus´s Union of Bank Employees (Etyk) urged Hellenic Bank staff on Thursday to go on the offensive in response to what it deemed the “easy solution” mass redundancy plans ...
Hellenic on collision course with bank workers union
Hellenic Bank will submit a restructuring plan to the labour ministry that will include up to 350 compulsory redundancies this year, its CEO Oliver Gatzke said on Thursday, a move likely ...
Former labour minister elected first woman head of Peo union
Sotiroula Charalambous, a former labour minister in the Christofias administration, was on Friday elected new general secretary of trade union confederation Peo, succeeding Pambos Kyritsis who stepped down after 23 years ...
New strike at Limassol port
Workers at DP World Limassol, which manages the general cargo and cruise terminals at Limassol port, went back on strike on Wednesday after the company decided to fire four employees.
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Coronavirus: Union says SafePass causing tensions in the workplace
The Pancyprian federation of labour (Peo) on Tuesday said the instructions for employers to forbid people from working unless they have a SafePass creates a climate of tension and instead ...
Coronavirus: ministry slammed for firing contract teacher who refused test (Updated)
The education ministry was slammed on Saturday for firing a contract teacher after they refused to undergo the mandatory weekly rapid test for coronavirus.
In a statement denouncing the ministry’...
Turkish Cypriot union suing Tatar for inciting threats against journalist
The press workers’ union in the north, Basin-Sen, announced on Thursday it was suing Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar over his disparaging comments on social media against journalist Esra Aygin, ...