GWU accuses WSC of trying to shed workers

c.camilleri

Dec 3rd 2008, 17:17

@jerry j camilleri. Are you referring to the 8,000 persons employed before the 1987 general election. As far as is known this the only time that such obscenity has happened.

I Abela

Dec 2nd 2008, 22:19

How many of you actually read the whole artice? I am starting to beleive that some people read the title and start commenting straight away. Making people laugh at them in the process.

Horace Borg

Dec 2nd 2008, 21:12

@ c camilleri

Some people speak of excesses as if they are speaking of just numbers not people who have families, so long as it doesen't hit them that is! I wonder what you would say if something like this hits you, would you still say that this is for the common good? Come on give us a break. And by the way the GWU, MUT, MUMN and all the other unions were right not to agree to the new tariffs as they are socially unjust and have serious errors....time will prove these unions right!

Jeremy J Camilleri

Dec 2nd 2008, 21:03

Where were all you angels when the Govt was employing people before the last elections?

Yawn!

c camilleri

Dec 2nd 2008, 20:08

Now the moment of truth is coming out. The GWU wants to have the cake and eat it. It is against the rise in the tariffs and blames the Govt for allowing Enemalta to get fat.
It calls on the Govt to curtail bureaucracy but promptly goes on the rampant when Govt moves to curtail excesses. Just the same old story. Instead of cooperating with the Govt in the interest of all it always opposes and make it difficult . This the only way that the GWU follows so long as we have a Nats Govt.

Jeremy J Camilleri

Dec 2nd 2008, 19:03

As usual, E gatt did not understand a simple press release!

The GWU initials might just induce partial blindness in this gentelman!

J Busuttil

Dec 2nd 2008, 19:01

Yes discussions must be held about these allocations. We must remember that under a Nationalist Administration no public sector worker was dismissed. Excess Public Corporation workers were takes in the civil service or given thousands of euros in redundancy schemes. We also remember that under a Labour administration TRANSFERS were executed without the unions being consulted. The members of UHM and other CMTU unions were the victims of the labour transfers.

J Farrugia

Dec 2nd 2008, 18:15

Arrogant of the GWU to insist that WSC keeps unwanted workers on its books. Not another Kalaxlokk please. The management is in charge not the GWU. we the tax payers do not want to be overburdened with unwanted workers. Let's not forget history. so enough of its arrogance please.

E Gatt

Dec 2nd 2008, 17:53

If the WSC or any other government entity is over staffed, then they owe it to us taxpayers to stop employing surplus workers. Those of us who work in the private sector accept the simple fact of life that if there is no work we lose our job – we are made redundant. Government employee redundancies is a taboo subject in Malta. Flexibility and productivity are other no-go topics.

The GWU wants taxpayers to pay for subsidized water and electricity tariffs, employ redundant workers and turn down flexibility offers. They have every right to be consulted by management however they should also respect taxpayers.

Manuel Mifsud

Dec 2nd 2008, 17:30

On reading the first two paragraphs of the GWU statement I thought the Union must be somewhat arrogant. However, when I read the last paragraph I couldn't help but agree with the Union that the transfers should be carried out if it is found out that these workers are in excess of the Corporation's needs and that this is done within agreed parameters. I agree with these points and I hope that the Nationalist Administration would also agree. We struggled under past Labour Administrations for such conditions. Unfortunately during those years workers who were members of CMTU affiliated unions including MUT were transferred, sometimes more than once. In those days CMTU unions were never consulted about such transfers and I can assure you that it wasn't a case of the two conditions mentioned above.

In any case I hope that things would be better now. Discussions should be held for the workers' and the country's best interests.