Education ministry support staff march on Presidential Palace today (photos+videos)

Local educationproteststrikeTop Newsworkers' rights Education ministry support staff march on Presidential Palace today (photos+videos) Education Ministry Support Staff March On Presidential Palace Today Over Rights Relevant News On this day: U.S. spacecraft Viking 2 lands on Mars and sends back photographs in 1976 3 September 2026 Cyprus pension reform talks turn to cost of 12% penalty plan 3 September 2026 Political turmoil in occupied north after deadly Kyrenia catamaran disaster 3 September 2026 Newsroom 3 September 2026 FacebookXWhatsAppEmailPrintViber Workers in the Education Ministry’s support programmes held another protest today, demanding guarantees for their rights. Participants gathered from 9:30am at the PASYDY building before marching to the Presidential Palace, where they protested. Police issued a statement on road closures in place because of the march, urging drivers to avoid the affected areas where possible, to be patient, and to follow officers’ instructions. A ministry source told Phileleftheros that the government met the workers’ longstanding demand as soon as it took office, ending their employment under a service-purchase arrangement and converting them into salaried staff. The source said the ministry then prepared a bill to secure their status as ΕΑΧ/ΕΟΧ (open-ended/fixed-term) employees, in line with the workers’ request. With that demand met, the source said, the workers now hold all the rights and obligations of ΕΑΧ/ΕΟΧ staff, as applies across the public service. Under current legislation, the source said, “they are not entitled to unemployment benefit,” adding that the Labour Ministry agreed with this position and that a wider legal opinion existed on the matter. The source added that the ministry, in support of the workers’ request, had agreed to seek legal advice from the Law Office, with the process under way, and had also agreed to proceed with all necessary steps to announce the State Institutes of Further Education and other training programmes for the 2026-2027 school year. Given this, the source said, any protest was unwarranted, since the government was responding positively to the workers’ demands and pursuing their resolution through the proper procedures. Subscribe to our Newsletter Latest News On this day: U.S. spacecraft Viking 2 lands on Mars and sends back photographs in 1976 Cyprus pension reform talks turn to cost of 12% penalty plan Political turmoil in occupied north after deadly Kyrenia catamaran disaster Up to 70 people wrongly claim 1974 POW benefits, association says This is what the new Limassol Zoo proposal includes Cyprus 2013 haircut victims now owe state legal costs Trump suggests renaming Strait of Hormuz after himself amid Iran war Follow en.philenews on Google News and be the first to know all the news about Cyprus and the world.