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Trade Unions In Cyprus
Trade unions in Cyprus include: *ETYK ''ETYK'' (Ενωση Τραπεζικών Υπαλλήλων Κύπρου - Kıbrıs Bankacılar Sendikası - Cyprus Bank Employees Union) *ΠΕΟ ''PEO'' (Παγκύπρια Εργατική Ομοσπονδία - Tüm Kıbrıs İşçi Federasyonu- Pancyprian Labour Federation) * ΣΕΚ ''SEK'' (Συνομοσπονδία Εργαζομένων Κύπρου - Kıbrıs İşçi Konfederasyonu - Cyprus Workers Confederation) *ΔΕΟΚ ''DEOK'' (Δημοκρατική Εργατική Ομοσπονδία Κύπρου - Kıbrıs Demokratik İşçiler Federasyonu- Cyprus Democratic Labour Federation) * ΠOAS ''POAS'' (Παγκύπρια Οργάνωση Ανεξαρτήτων Συντεχνιών - Pancyprian Organization of Independent Trade Unions) *ΠΑΣΥΔΥ The Pancyprian Public Servants' Trade Union (PASY-DY) is a trade union centre in Cyprus. It was founded in 1927 as the Cyprus Civil Service Association. It is affiliated with the Publi ...
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Trade Union
A trade union (labor union in American English), often simply referred to as a union, is an organization of workers intent on "maintaining or improving the conditions of their employment", ch. I such as attaining better wages and benefits (such as holiday, health care, and retirement), improving working conditions, improving safety standards, establishing complaint procedures, developing rules governing status of employees (rules governing promotions, just-cause conditions for termination) and protecting the integrity of their trade through the increased bargaining power wielded by solidarity among workers. Trade unions typically fund their head office and legal team functions through regularly imposed fees called ''union dues''. The delegate staff of the trade union representation in the workforce are usually made up of workplace volunteers who are often appointed by members in democratic elections. The trade union, through an elected leadership and bargaining committee, ...
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Cyprus
Cyprus ; tr, Kıbrıs (), officially the Republic of Cyprus,, , lit: Republic of Cyprus is an island country located south of the Anatolian Peninsula in the eastern Mediterranean Sea. Its continental position is disputed; while it is geographically in Western Asia, its cultural ties and geopolitics are overwhelmingly Southern European. Cyprus is the third-largest and third-most populous island in the Mediterranean. It is located north of Egypt, east of Greece, south of Turkey, and west of Lebanon and Syria. Its capital and largest city is Nicosia. The northeast portion of the island is ''de facto'' governed by the self-declared Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus, which was established after the 1974 invasion and which is recognised as a country only by Turkey. The earliest known human activity on the island dates to around the 10th millennium BC. Archaeological remains include the well-preserved ruins from the Hellenistic period such as Salamis and Kourion, and Cypr ...
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ETYK
The Cyprus Union of Bank Employees (ETYK) is a trade union centre in Cyprus. It is affiliated with the Union Network International. References * External linkswww.etyk.org.cy Trade unions in Cyprus UNI Global Union Finance sector trade unions Trade unions established in 1955 1955 establishments in Cyprus {{cyprus-stub ...
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ΠΕΟ
PEO, the Pancyprian Federation of Labour ( el, Παγκύπρια Εργατική Ομοσπονδία, tr, Tüm Kıbrıs İşçi Federasyonu), is an umbrella organization for trade unions in Cyprus, which evolved from PSE ( el, Παγκύπρια Συντεχνιακή Επιτροπή). It was instrumental in the 1948 strikes in the mines of the Cyprus Mines Corporation and has been closely related to AKEL. History When AKEL was declared illegal by the British colonial government of Cyprus in 1955, PEO and especially its leader Andreas Ziartides was the only legal leftwing political entity and it was expressing the politics of underground AKEL. PEO had a membership from all ethnic groups in Cyprus. In 1958 the Turkish Cypriot nationalistic organisation TMT launched a terror campaign against Turkish Cypriot members of PEO, killing the journalist Fazıl Önder and attempting to kill the head of PEO's Turkish bureau, Ahmet Sadi. Following those events, most Turkish Cyprio ...
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Cyprus Workers' Confederation
The Cyprus Workers' Confederation (SEK) is a trade union centre in Cyprus. It is affiliated with the International Trade Union Confederation, and the European Trade Union Confederation The European Trade Union Confederation (ETUC) is the major trade union organisation representing workers at the European level. In its role as a European social partner, the ETUC works both in a consulting role with the European Commission and n .... The Federations, which are members of SEK, represent and professionally express workers in sectors of the economy. Their main duty is to negotiate and achieve collective agreements. The professional Federations, members of SEK, are as follows: # Federation of Private Sector Workers # Federation of Industrial Workers # Federation of Builders, Miners and Relevant Professions # Federation of Transport, Petroleum and Agriculture Workers # Federation of Government, Military and Civil Services Workers # Federation of Semi-Governmental Associations # Feder ...
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ΔΕΟΚ
The Democratic Labour Federation of Cyprus (DEOK) is a trade union centre in Cyprus. It is affiliated with the European Trade Union Confederation and the International Trade Union Confederation. The trade union also have close ties with EDEK The Movement for Social Democracy ( el, Κίνημα Σοσιαλδημοκρατών, translit=Kinima Sosialdimokraton, EDEK) is a Greek Cypriot nationalism, Greek Cypriot, social-democratic List of political parties in Cyprus, political party in .... References * External linksdeok.org.cy Trade unions in Cyprus International Trade Union Confederation National federations of trade unions Trade unions established in 1962 {{cyprus-stub ...
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Pancyprian Organization Of Independent Trade Unions
The Pancyprian Organization of Independent Trade Unions ( el, Παγκύπρια Οργάνωση Ανεξαρτήτων Συντεχνιών, abbreviated 'Π.Ο.Α.Σ', POAS) was a trade union centre in Cyprus. PAOS was founded in 1956, by unions that wanted to position themselves as independent from political parties. The organization reached its peak of influence in the late 1950s. Starting from the early 1960s the organization entered a prolonged period of decline. By 1990, the organization had only 500 members. POAS was affiliated to the World Confederation of Labour.Campbell, Joan. European Labor Unions'. Westport, Conn: Greenwood Press, 1992. p. 64 References Trade unions in Cyprus 1956 establishments in Cyprus World Confederation of Labour National federations of trade unions Trade unions established in 1956 {{cyprus-stub ...
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ΠΑΣΥΔΥ
The Pancyprian Public Servants' Trade Union (PASY-DY) is a trade union centre in Cyprus. It was founded in 1927 as the Cyprus Civil Service Association. It is affiliated with the Public Services International. References * External linkswww.pasydy.org
Trade unions in Cyprus Public Services International 1927 establishments in Cyprus Trade unions established in 1927 {{cyprus-stub ...
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