The Nationalist Party this morning paid tribute to Maltese workers and thanked them for their labour, hard work and shrewdness, which were main factors for work, rather than unemployment, to prevail in Malta.

In a statement issued on the occasion of Workers’s Day and the ninth anniversary of the country’s membership in the EU, the PN expressed solidarity with unemployed workers and their families and appealed to the government to take wise, rather than populist decisions, for the economy to continue to strengthen and more jobs to be created.

It reiterated its position against precarious employment, which exploited workers, and encouraged the government and employers to fight abuses at the workplace.

The PN said it was proud that, along the years, it had been a main protagonist, together with the Maltese workers, to create an economy which was created employment and increased investment.