UHM rejoins calls for tariffs revision, GRTU to meet Resources Authority

T Abela

Jan 29th 2009, 09:34

Bongu Gejt..mela qomt !!!

Rachel Attard

Jan 29th 2009, 08:56

Hallina Gejt!!!!

Jeremy J Camilleri

Jan 29th 2009, 08:48

So Bencini was right..I

wonder what WIlliam Portelli is saying...I mean...he does head a confederation of unions....albeit a diminishing one.

It seems that the real confederation is visible in another scenario...and that the UHM had to change their stance for fear of isolation, and due to pressure from their members.

As for Noel Barry....You don't write in Capital letters, and you write in English seeing that its an English newspaper.....

Your lingo would do really well in a political club, but here...well...lets admit it....it only makes you look like a fool.

G. Camilleri

Jan 29th 2009, 08:40

Absolutely shocking!! This country lives a daily farce. Now we have a Statement from Gejtu Vella of UHM insisting with the Government to lower the Water and Electricity tariffs. I couldn't believe my eyes when I read the newspapers this morning. MUT was kicked out by CMTU whose main affiliate is UHM just because MUT and other ten Unions demanded clarifications and objected to parts of the Document the Government had sent to all the Unions following a meeting with the Prime Minister. Gejtu Vella immediately declared that he approved the Tariffs followed by William Portelli of CMTU. What is William Porteli going to say now? Is he going to apologize to John Bencini and his Union. The MUT has shown what a consistent and serious Union it is. Iz-zejn tela f'wicc l-ilma. Shame on UHM and CMTU.

J Busuttil

Jan 29th 2009, 08:33

To all who cannot understand the UHM stand. The so called 11 unions are demanding that the tariffs are lowered from 1 October though they know that at that time until now we are consuming oil bought at 100 dollars a barrel. So what they want is that consumed electricity be subsidized and GOVT have to introduce new taxes. What the UHM is saying is now that Govt will be buying oil at reduced prices and as said by the Govt,the tariffs be reduced so that merchants will not keep rising prices. The UHM is also insisting that the eco reduction scheme be kept in place. It is a joke talking about u-turn because u-turn were made when the so called 11 unions were refusing to go to the MRA(regulator) and instead meet with the PM and suddenly they went to the REGULATOR and is known that they are going again.

Bertie O'Cassey

Jan 29th 2009, 08:32

Proof please!!!!!!!

Out of 20 families (and the list grows) with a various number of members the bills showed only a slight increase of 18% to 20% which is very minimal.

Can you prove otherwise????

Parole si fatti no!!!!!

Muscat.Pat

Jan 29th 2009, 08:24

This is the character mould that "independent" Maltese organizations are made off!

Joe Galea

Jan 29th 2009, 07:51

@Noel Barry: Int veru ferhan sew ghax qed thallas kontijiet oghla, aktar taxxi, prezzijiet oghla, etc. Ghandek gvern li vvutajtlu int qed jidhak bik kuljum u int tibqa ferhan. Nippreferi ma nkunx 'ferhan' bhalek ta.

Finally UHM put away it's partisan beliefs and came back on the right track defending it's memebrs and the citizens at large. Let's face it, the utility tariffs saga is the biggest blunder done by this confused, directionless government. The tariffs shouldn't have gone up in the first place especially when we are faced by a global economic crisis. And what beats me most is that we are paying higher tariffs and taxis, and the GonziPN says that they are enforced for the sake of the environment. Pull the other one please!! And Agostino Gatt buys a Jaguar from our taxes...very environmentally friendly. What a farce of government.

lgalea

Jan 29th 2009, 07:24

Noel Barry
insejtom l-elezzjonijiet tal-kunsilli lokali?
Iddahhaqniex

J.Borg

Jan 29th 2009, 07:18

@ J.Magro......

it's not only the dead that are against....ther is also Mr.Noel Barry who is glad with these rates....

Joe Morana

Jan 29th 2009, 00:24

To put it mildly Gejt, , it seems to me that ,you have again missed the bus!!!

Ethelbert Schembri

Jan 28th 2009, 21:47

It is better for you to stay quiet and apologise to Mr Bencini of the MUT he deserves it and retreat everything ever.
You should learn for sure what is coherence and consistency because you lack of both !

Jimmy Magro

Jan 28th 2009, 21:22

From a little calculation I have made, it seems that only the dead agree with the Government that there is no need to cut down the water and electricity tariffs/prices/taxes.

The only inversion in this situation is that the dead do not have a vote; unless we return to the sixties.

Simon Sammut

Jan 28th 2009, 20:47

How come the UHM is now saying that the utility tariffs must go down! Didn't the UHM and CMTU agree with these tariffs?! Is this a U-Turn or what? Perhaps the pressure of the 11 unions on the government is bearing fruit, after all, and now the UHM is in a state of panic. How opportunistic can they be!! But I am sure the people at large know who has their real interest at heart...certainly not the UHM and CMTU!!

Maria Falzon

Jan 28th 2009, 20:45

Its always better late than never Gejt!. But for the people, why is the government waiting till March? Is he taking us for idiots? He should do it retrospectively just as he did when he increased it. This is pure institutionalized stealing. Its not right. you and I know it, and the government knows it.

D.Galea

Jan 28th 2009, 20:36

It didn't succeed once, it's taking another try again, It's easy join the opposing tribe and lead to a glorious failure!. What impressive though is that it's so in your face, yet I believe for majority many folks within the UHM are genuine believers in the cause, it's those only onto on which I'm questioning their, ahem, their handlers agendas.

Noel Barry

Jan 28th 2009, 20:10

QATT MINTKOM KUNTENTI. ISSA GHAX SE JORHSO IT TARIFFI QED TIKKRITIKAW UKOLL. U HALLUNA. IT-TARIFFI SE JORHSU F'MARZU U MHUX QABEL L-ELEZZJONI KIF HAFNA MINNKOM QALU. PROSIT GONZIPN. U INTKOM IQBGHU IKKRITIKAW GHAX FADLILLKOM HAFNA SNIN OHRA BIEX TIFIRHU FTIT.

Paul Pace

Jan 28th 2009, 20:04

The facts are now showing the honesty and the loyalty to the Maltese population on the stand the 11 unions took against the electricicty and water tariffs. The facts are surfacing and the people can now judge our stand and actions.

Michael Gatt

Jan 28th 2009, 19:26

Proset UHM ghal uturn li ghamiltu, jalla il gvern jicaqlaq issa ghax qatana nifisna

Keith Aquilina

Jan 28th 2009, 18:59

now what? should we applaud the minsiter for revising the bills...in MARCH !!

joseph brincat

Jan 28th 2009, 18:46

What a laugh!!!
Is this the maturity that the fathers of the Government Clerical Union instilled in the union leaders? Or is that the present puppets have been assured that their government is considering (actually it has no other alternative) of lowering the taxes (tariffs are imposed only on imports) on water and electricity? It is well planned, because soon we will be having Carnival floats on which they can all show their faces in their true colours.

lgalea

Jan 28th 2009, 18:35

Converted again.
Welcome back into the fold.
As they say, fools rush in where Angels fear to tread.

P.Schembri

Jan 28th 2009, 18:27

On and Off the Eurovision Song Contest Cover Version.

V Fenech

Jan 28th 2009, 18:20

Finally... so not only the Opposition, the 11 unions and economist Edward Scicluna can't agree with the Government on this issue.

Welcome on board UHM. Lets see what the usual PN excusers are coming up with now!