#Unions

Workers at the cooperative growers marketing union Sedigep in Lysi, decided on Friday to stage two-hour work stoppages on June 14 and 18, to protest their employer’s failure to pay contributions ...

The Federation of Employers and Industrialists (Oev) said the key challenges facing the Cyprus economy are the rationalisation of energy costs, containment of wages and ensuring the labour supply meets ...

Is there any country in the world apart from Cyprus in which employees do not allow their employer to assess their job performance? And is there any country in the ...

The head of Sek union federation Andreas Matsas joined forces with his Pasydy counterpart Stratis Mattheou to have a dig at the IMF, which had warned against any “fiscal loosening.” ...

The trade unions of the Cyprus broadcasting corporation (CyBC) have announced planned strike actions starting February 18, unless the long-standing pension dispute is resolved. The unions are demanding immediate action, warning ...

Teachers’ trade unions are to study the government’s proposal for a new system of evaluating teachers, they said on Saturday. Education Minister Athena Michaelidou had unveiled the proposal on ...

The leaders of all the big unions met on Monday to decide their demands and plan of action for 2025. They decided that they would follow collective action in seeking the ...

The government’s draft criteria for the employment of workers from third countries have faced strong opposition from trade unions Sek, Peo and Deok, who said their views had not ...

Hotel industry employees and trade unions on Tuesday rejected Labour Minister Yiannis Panayiotou’s mediation proposal for collective agreements, crushing hopes for a resolution to the ongoing dispute – a day ...

A preliminary agreement between the state health services Okypy and trade unions representing employees at state hospitals over collective agreements has been reached, according to a statement released by trade ...

A patient tried to stab someone at Nicosia general hospital and then punched a doctor and two nurses, unions charged on Saturday, prompting them to organise a two-hour strike on ...

Cyprus industrial workers’ federation (Oviek-Sek) secretary-general George Kasiouris on Thursday called for a “balanced approach” regarding the employment of third-country nationals on the island. “The strategy of granting work permits ...

A new round of intensive talks will continue as part of the attempts to clinch a deal between unions and employers in the hotel industry, Labour Minister Yiannis Panayiotou said ...

The leaders of unions representing public employees – teachers, civil servants, national guard officers, police, hospital doctors, nurses – met on Tuesday to discuss a study about public sector payroll drafted by ...

A meeting set for Thursday between nurses’ trade unions Pasydy and Pasyno and the state health services organisation (Okypy) has been moved to Monday. The postponement was confirmed by Okypy ...

No minister follows the government mantra of pleasing the maximum number of people as loyally as Labour Minister Yiannis Panayiotou. Ever since his appointment, he has been on a mission ...

The electricity authority’s technical union (Sepaik) is holding a series of island wide meetings this week, gearing up for possible strike action if long standing demands are not met, ...

The audacity of the Electricity Authority’s unions knows no bounds. After years of saying absolutely nothing about the high electricity rates Cyprus households and businesses had been paying, they ...

Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar hit back on Friday after teachers protested his presence at an event to mark the north’s Teachers’ Day on Friday. Tatar attended a customary ...

Labour unions on Friday disagreed with the new proposal sent by the state health services organisation (Okypy) to the health ministry, in an ongoing spat over labour agreements at the ...

The labour ministry is ready for mediation proceedings if needed, minister Yiannis Panayiotou said on Thursday, while President Nikos Christodoulides is also ready to step into the fray, following Cyprus-wide ...

Talking about the state budget for 2024 at the House finance committee on Monday, Finance Minister Makis Keravnos said he was worried about the increase of the public payroll, which stands ...

Four trade unions representing workers in the Electricity Authority of Cyprus (EAC) on Thursday pilloried plans for the EuroAsia interconnector, warning that Cypriot taxpayers may end up getting saddled with ...

There is little doubt that President Nikos Christodoulides’ government is beholden to the unions. The public support offered him by the Sek union federation in the elections was bound to ...