The General Workers' Union has warned Enemalta Corporation of possible industrial action if it contracted a private security firm to do work the union says can easily be done by the present workforce. The union said the corporation was refusing to meet its officials to discuss the matter.

It said it had been insisting on the re-training of the present workforce so they could be able to fulfil different duties but the appeal always fell on deaf ears. The union said the company should always give its workforce priority over private workers, adding that it would never accept that these would replace Enemalta employees.

Questions sent to Enemalta remained unanswered by the time of writing.