GWU accuses UHM of 'twisting facts'

The GWU has accused the UHM of "twisting the facts" about the utility tariffs in a statement which it issued yesterday.

"The truth is that the UHM rushed to issue a statement calling on the governemnt to reduce the tariffs after 11 trade unions produced facts to prove how correct they were not to accept what the Prime Minister proposed," the GWU said.

"Now that the other unions together with the GWU have been proved right in continuing to safeguard the interests of the workers, the UHM is calling for a resumption of the talks in the MCESD."

The GWU said that the fact that the UHM had originally agreed with the governemnt on the tariffs meant that it had now made a U-turn.

The GWU said others could speak about how it acted in the meetings of the MCESD, but it never said one thing there, and another outside.

The GWU insisted that it was not true that it had not opened its mouth, and then had made proposals on oil purchases, as the UHM had said.

What the UHM had not said, the GWU added, was that that it was the one, at a meeting of the MCESD, which said that companies which could not shoulder the burden should close. The GWU said it never spoke in this manner where jobs were involved, even in companies facing problems.