GWU calls for improved safety for construction workers

Franco Farrugia

Aug 4th 2009, 17:55

All the Unions representing the workers in this sector should ensure the highest possible level of safety to the construction workers. And they should make it a point to discipline these workers into ACCEPTING such levels of safety, such as apparel, protective clothing as well as anything else, that is necessary. Life is precious.

smifsud

Aug 4th 2009, 17:26

Malta need to have a strong Health & Safety Regulations for Industrial and Construction sectors and have Government Safety Inspectors ENFORCE the act on Employers ....this includes Adeqaute training to all workers in whatever workers are asked to do ...Employers need to make sure that all workers a trained in what they are asked to do ...The Employer must als0 hire "Competent" personell to Supervise the jobs ....but ENFORCEMENT is the key....with fines established when regulations are broken ...everyone including the employers , supervisors and the workers are subject to fines if they were aware of hazard and did not follow REGULATIONS to "take every precaution reasnable for the Health and Safety of a worker ".

Robert Caruana

Aug 4th 2009, 16:05

GWU should call for a STOP to the unbearable stress being imposed on employees by private firms adopting "new" personnel management policies on account of the recession or for the purpose of strengthening their competitiveness.

Putting higher requirements on individual workers can produce devastating results on them.