Tag: Wages
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Industrial turnover rises by 3.2% as wage costs increase twice as fast
According to the latest figures published by the National Statistics Office, Malta’s working-day adjusted industrial turnover increased by 3.2% in the second quarter of 2026 compared with the same quarter last year. However, labour costs increased at more than twice the rate of turnover. Gross wages and salaries in industry rose by 6.7% year-on-year, while…
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The teacher’s strike was a success
Yesterday, Prime Minister Robert Abela insisted with the Malta Union of Teachers not to go ahead with today’s strike. Minister for Education Clifton Grima also threatened teachers by refusing to negotiate with them to go ahead with a strike. The “socialist” Prime Minister even told teachers that strikes are useless. The Malta Union of Teachers…
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Here’s an interesting story about the dysfunction of Malta’s Police Force
You would assume that police officers, especially those fighting financial crime and investigating very resourceful criminals would be paid a decent salary for obvious reasons. Police officers do a dangerous job whilst those investigating resourceful criminals face very formidable opponents. It is obvious that the members of the state who would be entrusted to fight…
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No, Marisa Xuereb is wrong on this one
I’ve great respect for Marisa Xuereb who was President of the Malta Chamber of Commerce and I find her as a decent spokesperson for the business community, but she is wrong on the minimum wage and there is no evidence that shows that increasing the minimum wage in Malta would increase basic prices of goods.…