Cyprus - Education workers rally - March 31, 2026

Workers employed in the support programmes of the Ministry of Education, Sport and Youth staged a protest outside the Presidential Palace and announced a 24-hour strike, calling for legally binding job security guarantees — even as the Government argued it had already delivered on the most significant demands. At the heart of the dispute is a demand that workers who have completed 30 months of service be converted from fixed-term to indefinite fixed-term status. The two unions — PASEV-PEO and OEKDY-SEK — say the bill currently before the House of Representatives falls short of that guarantee and leaves hundreds of workers in an insecure position.

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