Larnaca Port workers went on a strike after two crane operators were fired. The strikers described the layoffs as vindictive and demand their immediate revocation as well as the intervention of the Labour Ministry. The announcement also noted that the retaliatory dismissals ignored and circumvented the Industrial Relations Code and laws protecting trade union freedoms. The strikers are calling for the dismissals to be withdrawn and for a process of collective bargaining to begin on the basis of their demands.
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