The Union Haddiema Maghqudin said today it would resist any attempts to reduce the workers' right to take partial industrial action.

It was reacting to comments which it said were made by Social Policy Minister John Dalli where he criticised partial industrial action.

The UHM said industrial action, including partial industrial action, was the only tool allowed by the Industrial Relations Act for workers to safeguard their rights. The right to industrial action needed to be safeguarded and used responsibly when efforts at negotiation failed and workers were faced with intransigence.