‘Growth for the few, struggle for the many’

Speaking at a May Day rally at Eleftheria square in Nicosia on Thursday, Akel General Secretary Stefanos Stefanou outlined the party’s demands for workers’ rights, calling for the extension of collective agreements, the full reinstatement of the cost-of-living allowance (CoLA) for all private-sector employees, an increase in the minimum wage, safer workplaces, and protection from the rising cost of living.

He also urged an end to what he described as