There will be strike action if there is no positive outcome in the renewal of the collective agreement of the hourly Government staff before the end of April, the unions OEKDY-SEK and PASYEK-PEO warn the Ministry of Finance in their announcement.
As reported, the Secretariats of the Trade Unions OEKDY-SEK and PASYEK-PEO met on Tuesday in a joint meeting to consider the possibility of taking dynamic measures “due to the provocative delay and indifference of the Ministry of Finance to complete the dialogue in the Joint Labor Committee for renewal of the collective agreement of the hourly Government staff».
In addition, they report that they "complain that the institution of the Joint Labor Committee has been idled by the leadership of the Ministry of Finance for the last three years" and as a result, important labor issues involving hourly Government personnel remain at a standstill.
They note that Hourly Government staff have not received any salary increase since 2010. “On the contrary, they have suffered salary reductions and have contributed financially beyond what they can bear to save the Cypriot economy during the financial crisis,” it added. The announcement states that, "while the Cypriot economy is experiencing high rates of growth, the hourly government staff continues to be subject to salary reductions over the last decade". Wages for new entrants have been reduced by 10%, shift allowances have been reduced by 15% and additional reductions have other benefits, it added. of the way the vested provident fund is calculated to an extent that dramatically reduces the specific benefit for hourly Government employees, who are the lowest paid staff in the Public Sector».
After a serious study of all the data concerning hourly staff are reportedly "warning" the Ministry of Finance that there will be strike action if there is no positive outcome in the renewal of the collective agreement before the end of April 2023.
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