This Week Sport News Personalities Local News Editorial Top News Front Page


SEARCH


powered by FreeFind

Malta Today archives



A tale of hypocrisy and two collective agreements

Talks over the Water Services Corporation collective agreement between Social Policy Minister Lawrence Gonzi and the General Workers’ Union have broken down. The matter will now be referred to a tribunal. And while the GWU has been stalling over a new collective agreement for their workers at the Union Press, officials from the same Union wanted an Lm8 increase, changed to LM6 for Water Services Corporation workers.

Sources close to the GWU told MaltaToday that part of this plea was made in order to overtake the government employees who reached the salary levels of WSC workers after the collective agreement for the public sector was signed in 2001. READ MORE>



As Russia and US join hands, Karmenu embraces neutrality
By Kurt Sansone
Former Prime Minister and Campaign for National Independence leader Karmenu Mifsud Bonnici remained adamant about the importance of Malta’s neutrality despite the historic agreement reached earlier this week between the United States and Russia, which saw the former communist foe become a junior partner of NATO. READ MORE>





Newsworks Ltd, Vjal ir-Rihan, San Gwann SGN 02, Malta
E-mail: maltatoday@newsworksltd.com