Tag: workers
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Up to 8% of working people in Malta at risk of poverty with more men at risk than women
According to the latest EuroStat statistics, up to 8.2% of the working population in the EU is at risk of poverty. Malta’s rate comes just shy the 8% mark with more men being at risk than women. The average rate of working women at risk of poverty in the EU is at 7.3% with the…
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Two workers suffer serious injuries in lift accident at Qormi warehouse
At around 11:30 am, on Friday, police were alerted to an incident requiring assistance at a warehouse on Triq is-Sebħ in Ħal Qormi. According to initial investigations, two men–one a 24-year-old Gambian resident of Ħal Tarxien and the other a 66-year-old Maltese man from Santa Venera–were conducting maintenance on a lift when it unexpectedly fell…
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Similar to educators, workers in public schools have had their collective agreements withheld from them
Following the publication of the collective agreement between the Malta Union of Teachers and the Ministry of Education, I have confirmed with several public school employees, some of whom have come forward themselves, that their collective agreements have been withheld from them. These employees include cleaners and technicians who recently signed agreements with the Ministry…
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ARMS Senior Manager promotes the General Workers’ Union to ARMS employees
Back in the 1980s it was mostly public sector custom and an unwritten rule that public sector employees had to join the General Workers’ Union and not other unions. I hope that today the situation is different. This letter, however, that is being re-produced here does not bode well for free choice and it doesn’t…
