Crane strike

THIRTY CRANE drivers yesterday started a two-day strike after their demands for a supervisor weren’t met by the Ports Authority.

The drivers, who refused to work overtime, stopped working from 6am yesterday.

Trade Union PEO representative Glafcos Constantinou said the crane drivers wanted a supervisor to oversee their work for safety, co-ordination and programming reasons, the way all other areas of the Ports Authority was run. They also wanted to give priority to lower grade drivers to work weekend shifts which would help reduce costs.

A Ports Authority representative said the issue and the drivers’ demands would be examined at a meeting on Tuesday.

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