Church commission congratulates shipyard employees

The Church Commission on Pastoral Work in Employment has congratulated shipyard workers and their families for the agreement reached between the government and the General Workers’ Union.

It said this agreement should serve as an example of how people could work together for human rights and dignity and for the common good in similar situations. It hoped this would be a lesson in how to act in difficult issues affecting workers.

The commission thanked the mediator and repeated its committment to help workers and their representatives.

Comments

Joseph Galea (on 8/9/08)

But what do fireworks have to do with the subject matter?

joe borg (on 8/9/08)

The Church authorities have to wake up and be counted. All over malta the festa season has been digusting by the sheer amount of noisefrom murtali tal-bomba. As recent as this weekend for the feast of St. Gregory in Sliema, the murtali were so loud that it was impossible to hold a normal conversation. And nobody does anything. No amount of smiling and bonhomie from the Archbishop will help the sick, elderly, dying, terrified children and pets. Action is needed, and action that is seen and felt, from the top echelons of the church!

J Farrugia (on 7/9/08)

I cannot but agree with Mr Farrugia. We've been suffering for years and years thanks to the Church's non-chalance in the fireworks issue. The so called 'murtali tal-bomba' are nothing but nuisance. Are we talking about the same Church which boasts and boasts in favour of the elderly people, the patients and solidarity? If so, it's about time that the Church steps forward and pronounce itself about an issue that is affecting not a mere 100s of Dockyard workers but a whole population.
Some food for thought for the ever smiling Archbishop Cremona: In Qrendi just a few weeks ago we have had cracks in our buildings and objects falling from the walls. We're writing this comment at 1930hrs...during the 'kaxxa infernali' of Zurrieq festa. We have no other option but using the sign language as you cannnot even hear what the people in the same room are saying.

Stephen Farrugia (on 7/9/08)

I would like to one day congratulate the church when it stops the bombardment of fireworks on the people of Malta. The colours are fine but a whole month of noise near the window of my house, is to much.
I suggest that they leave the state take care of politics and while they take care of the problems they keep causing with their out of control fireworks. People have died and so will many others.