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A unified front from unions as cost of living continues to soar
Forum Unions Maltin, the General Workers Union, the Confederation of Maltese Trade Unions, together with UHM Voice of the Workers are requesting a meeting with the Government to discuss a…
Value of minimum wage in Malta falls by 5.1%
The sharp rise in the cost of living has significantly impacted Malta’s minimum wage earners whose value has fallen by This worrying trend emerged from an analysis carried out by…
Study highlights ‘marginal’ role of collective bargaining on telework in Malta
A study on remote working across the EU has revealed that in Malta telework is heavily regulated by State legislation with limited say by the unions on the matter due…
Maltese spend twice as much as EU average on healthcare
The Maltese are spending twice as much as the European average on private healthcare, despite having a free public health care service. It transpires that out-of-pocket spending (OOP) – the…
Permits for new dwellings close to Pre-Covid-19 level
In the first half of this year the number of residential building permits issued were close to the pre-Covid 19 levels, thus suggesting that the construction industry has significantly recovered…
Biggest rise in traffic accidents was in Gozo
Photo: Google Street View Gozo has registered the biggest increase in traffic accidents in the second quarter of 2022 with a 33% rise in the number of reported collisions in…
Industrial democracy being undermined
Select categories of government employees are being denied the right to negotiate better conditions of work through a collective agreement by the union of their choice. Instead, government is resorting…
Malta registers biggest population increase ever
Malta’s population soared by a quarter in just a decade, with the rise being fuelled by foreigners who now account to more in every five inhabitants of the archipelago. These…
Food prices driving inflation hike
Rising food prices have once again emerged as the main upward driver of the cost of living in Malta which has been on a constant rise since June last year.…
€24 per voter – the 2022 general election expense
The 2022 general election has cost Maltese voters an average of € each with the overall bill exceeding € million. Compared to the 2017 general election when the respective cost…