Enemalta urges GWU to call off ‘highly damaging’ directives

Enemalta yesterday filed a judicial protest calling on the General Workers’ Union to withdraw directives that would cause “great damage” to the corporation and the country.

It said the industrial dispute declared by the union was unjustified because the corporation had done all it was obliged to do at law and under the collective agreement.

The union ordered its members at the corporation to take industrial action last week in a bid to force Enemalta to solve the “ambiguous and unjust” situation at its credit control section.

Without specifying what its directives were, the GWU said the workers had been given nothing to do for over a year and their work was being done by other employees on overtime. It suspected Enemalta was trying to get rid of the workers.

Sources said the union had directed members not to make use of the company’s management information system, which forms the basis of its operations ranging from financial administration to stores and street lighting repairs.

In the protest, Enemalta said it ensured the interests of all the employees concerned were safeguarded even after their roles ended and they had to be posted to other sections.

The action, it said, could cause “great damage”. It urged the union to call it off while holding it responsible for any damages incurred.

Lawyer Andrew Borg Cardona signed the protest.