GWU disagrees with UHM on TUC
The GWU said today that it remained strongly in favour of the setting up of a Trades Union Council in Malta.
It was reacting to comments by UHM Secretary General Gejtu Vella who told a newspaper that the formation of a TUC would not benefit the workers and the UHM did not believe that this was the right time to form such a council.
The GWU said workers would be better able to face their difficulties of they were united. This, therefore was very much the ideal time to form a TUC.
The primary purpose of a TUC was not to stop or change government decisions through industrial action. However, united action in a TUC would enable the unions to achieve better results in the circumstances through talks at all levels.
The GWU recalled that it ha been working to set up a TUC for years, and had brought to Malta John Monks, who heads the European Confederation of Trade Unions. It had also backed John Bencini, chairman of the FORUM group of trade unions, when he sought to set up a TUC.
Its view was that the formation of the TUC would not rob any trade union of its autonomy, the GWU said, This had been amply proved in the UK.
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j.saliba
Dec 6th 2010, 16:57
It is good to know what a TUC does not imply but should not the workers know what it really implies. Please inform the workers of your unions about the benefits of such a formation. On the one hand I think it is a threat to a nation's stability to have one giant union - like any monopoly. On the other I believe it would be beneficial to the workers. Will the individual worker have a say in the decision whether to group or not?
Joe Morana
Dec 6th 2010, 15:45
While one can understand that the prevailing negative relationship between the UHM and the GWU may not be conducive nor timely for a TUC, it is absurd that a trade union which is itself also a member of a confedration of local trade unions (i.e CMTU) and is affiliated with internation trade union movements pronouces that a TUC is not in the workers' interest . Tell it to the Marines Gejt !!! and please come with something better, but pray not with another lopsided social pact.
l fenech
Dec 6th 2010, 14:38
GWU insewa lil-UHM ma rajna wicchom imkien.
A.J.Borg
Dec 6th 2010, 12:37
Form a TUC without UHM.
What's the big deal?
N.Farrugia
Dec 6th 2010, 12:32
A very simple question: Would the GWU be still in favour of the TUC if a Labour Govt be elected?
Anthony Briffa
Dec 6th 2010, 12:50
First the GWU disrupted all that was achieved between the social partners regarding the social pact and now they want to push for a TUC. Hallina Ton. Go and tell this to your masters Alfred Sant and Josep Muscat not to the Maltese who have been watching the GWU perform for decades as the preferred union for the MLP.
T Camilleri
Dec 6th 2010, 13:02
Anthony Briffa it's you who should tell it to your PN masters. Other unions should unite together and form a TUC without the UHM since this union is simply a chihuaua in the PN's pockets. Since when is it not good for the workers unions to be united in a TUC Gejtu? Remember when you wanted Lm9 COLA per week? What about it now Gejtu?
J.Tonna
Dec 6th 2010, 13:08
Il-GWU kull ma trid hu li tparla u taqbel biss ma min jaqbel mal'idejat taghha.
GWU = parole, parole, parole.
Jeremy J Camilleri
Dec 6th 2010, 13:19
Why ask questions when the answers are already on the table?
If a TUC is formed now, it would be in place when a Labour Government is elected...SImple really...
The question is, how can a union be against a Tuc when the principle on which every union should be built is solidarity??
M. Fenech
Dec 6th 2010, 13:44
@Anthony Briffa.
You can join UHM, and I'm sure that they are not the preferred union of the party you have mentioned! By the way, it could be the preferred union, for the past 40 years, for another political party!! Lol
Philip Hili
Dec 7th 2010, 02:01
@ T. Camilleri.
"a chihuaua in the PN's pockets." What? Ha! Ha! Ha!. Mr. Camilleri, the UHM was never "a chihuaua in the PN's pockets." and its past history speaks for itself. You can count the number of industrial actions order by the U.H.M. under the PN administration. How many industrial actions where ordered by the GWU during the Labour administation? The difference between "il-kelb tal-but" (GWU) during the Labour administration is simple - "kelb li ma jinbahx u lanqas jigdem" but the Chihuaua during the PN administration not only barks but also bites.
Please choose the reason of your report below: