The Malta Dockers Union said this afternoon that the boycott of CMA CGM which the GWU is discussing with foreign trade unions would be catastrophic to thousands of Maltese workers in such delicate times of international recession.
In a hard-hitting statement, the MDU accused the GWU of giving overseas trade unions incorrect information and half truths and said its own officials were in contact with foreign trade unions to try to remedy the damage.
The MDU said its president had been in contact with Peter Shaw, European Zone Coordinator of the International Dockworkers' Council to keep him abreast of the situation.
It was shameful, the MDU said, that this tragedy was unfolding because of a simple issue of trade union recognition which the GWU leadership seemed to want at all costs, while dicating procedures.
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http://www.timesofmalta.com/articles/view/20090415/local/gwu-in-talks-on-international-boycott-of-freeport-owners