Thousands of workers across all sectors went on a three-hour island-wide strike over an impasse between the Government and unions on full restoration of the cost-of-living allowance (CoLA). The message was that unions were not willing to yield. CoLA was a hard-won right that workers were not willing to give up, they said, even if they had to engage in further measures. Currently, employees who receive CoLA get 50% of the rate as part of measures dating back to the financial crisis in 2013. Unions want it restored to 100% as promised but say they are willing to see this done in increments over the next three years.
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