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What better way to give sex workers a voice, but to organise them and help them form their own labour unions?

IWW WISE-RA INTERNATIONAL STATEMENT*8 October 2024 The Wales Ireland Scotland...

We call on the major trade unions, and especially the Pancyprian Federation of Labour with their declared stance against the genocide perpetrated by the Israeli government, to rise to the occasion and not allow the ship to dock here.

We are setting up a strike fund to support the strikers and their illegally terminated coworker!

With the Cyprus night sky being illuminated by missiles striking barely 300km from where we live, and with the machinations of the government and the existence of the NATO bases on our island putting the country on the wrong side of history, there is no room for neutrality and quiet; the best time to act was a year ago, the second best time is now

Η θερινή ραστώνη αυτών που παρακολουθούν το εργασιακό τοπίο αντί να αγναντεύουν την θάλασσα, διαταράχθηκε το τελευταίο διάστημα, με μια σειρά από εξελίξεις.

The following are additional notes on WISE-RA's International Department's...

Η τραγική πραγματικότητα των συνθηκών εργασίας που βιώνουμε ως εργατική τάξη στη Κύπρο, παρά τις όποιες διακηρύξεις και τις θεωρητικές βελτιώσεις, υπογραμμίζεται πιο ξεκάθαρα από το γεγονός πως το κάθε αφεντικό μπορεί να απολύσει χωρίς λόγο και προειδοποίηση κάθε εργαζόμενο του που δεν έκλεισε 26 εβδομάδες εργασίας.

The strike led to the beginning of negotiations for some form of collective agreement, negotiations that lasted for more than a year and a half, and resulted in the first sectoral collective agreement covering delivery workers in the EU. The agreement (signed on the 4rth of July 2024) will be put in force on the 1st of August, which is very good news.