SEK - Cyprus Workers' Union Headquarters (Nicosia)

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SEK Cyprus Workers’ Confederation
(Synomospondia Ergaton Kyprou )

Founded: October, 1944
Members: 66-67 thousand
Affiliation: ITUC, ETUC
Office location: Nicosia, Cyprus
Website: www.sek.org.cy

SEK members are the Free Labour Associations representing workers in various sectors of economic activity. The Associations are organised on a district basis and unite on an all-Cyprus basis in Federations representing specific sectors of employment. There are 68 Associations, which are members of SEK, i.e. 10 in Nicosia-Kyrenia, 8 in Limassol, 8 in Famagusta, 13 in Larnaca, 7 in Paphos and 23 with an all-Cyprus nature.

The Federations, which are members of SEK, represent and professionally express workers in sectors of the economy. Their main duty is to negotiate and achieve collective agreements, and are part of the production policy mechanism on vocational issues.

The professional Federations, members of SEK, are the following:

1. Federation of Private Sector Workers
2. Federation of Industrial Workers
3. Federation of Builders, Miners and Relevant Professions
4. Federation of Transport, Petroleum and Agriculture Workers
5. Federation of Government, Military and Civil Services Workers
6. Federation of Semi-Governmental Associations
7. Federation of Hotel Industry Workers

Representatives of the Federations are the Free Labour Associations, which represent workers in various sectors of economic activity. The Associations are organised on a district basis. There are 68 Associations, which are members of SEK, i.e. 10 in Nicosia-Kyrenia, 8 in Limassol, 8 in Famagusta, 13 in Larnaca, 7 in Paphos and 23 with an all-Cyprus nature.