Irresponsible action by the General Workers’ Union can leave the country without electricity, Enemalta has warned.

On Friday it filed a judicial protest calling on the union to withdraw directives that would cause “great damage” to the corporation and the country.

The union has 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 a statement, Enemalta said that the Credit Control functions had become redundant and the management allocated the workers in other sections on the same salary scale.

The union’s point of contention was that these workers should be together and it felt that the issue merited putting electricity generation in Malta in danger.

A number of workers had accepted the work they were given and only a small number did not want to be redeployed.

The corporation said that as the union’s actions also affected the workers responsible from maintenance, if there were technical faults as a result of cuts, there could be irreparable damages to the power station machines, putting the power station capabilities at substantial risk.

The union is arguing that the workers had been given nothing to do for over a year and their work was being done by other employees on overtime.