Veteran trade unionist and author Karmenu Ellul Galea died at St Luke's Hospital, aged 92, yesterday.

Mr Ellul Galea enjoyed a long career in the trade union movement having been assistant secretary of the Dockyard and Imperial Workers' Union in 1942 before he became associated with the General Workers' Union.

Mr Ellul Galea occupied various posts within the GWU and he was the first treasurer of its Admiralty Section.

He published a number of works including L-Istorja Tat-Tarzna (1973).

The funeral will be held at Christ the King parish church in Paola tomorrow at 8 a.m.

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