Apr 8, 2015
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Votes yielded 95 to 98% in favour of authorising EAC-affiliated trade unions to carry out strike action.
An overwhelming majority of Electricity Authority of Cyprus (EAC) workers has given their union leaders a blank cheque to call strikes, in a bid to thwart plans to privatise the state-owned power utility. Votes taken at regional meetings yielded percentages of 95 to 98% in favour of authorising EAC-affiliated trade unions to carry out ‘dynamic measures’, including strike action, should the government proceed with privatisation plans. After the government agreed to delay the first stage in a process seen as culminating in the power utility’s privatisation the trade unions said they would suspend any industrial action until April 15, as a goodwill gesture in order not to inconvenience the public.
English: http://cyprus-mail.com/2015/03/26/eac-unions-call-off-strike/
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