GWU general secretary Tony Zarb this morning flagged Go as a company 'manoeuvring against the interests of its workers'.

Closing a union conference this morning, he said the company had made a €26 million profit but transferred this money to a Greek company so as to appear as if it made losses.

It was its workers who had worked hard for the company to obtain success and they should not be made sacrificial lambs by seeing their conditions deteriorate or by being laid off.

Mr Zarb spoke on the situation in Libya and called on the government to address the situation of exports as Maltese companies were finding it difficult to deliver their goods.

Mr Zarb accused the government of discriminating against the GWU and claimed that his officials were being told by people in government that they were comfortable discussing situations with other unions but not with the GWU.

He hailed as historical the recent meeting between the Confederation of Malta Trade Unions, the GWU and Forum, saying this could be a step towards a new era of trade unionism in Malta.