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Mount Carmel Hospital patients are living in constant danger
“The patients’ interests are being totally ignored.” Harsh words uttered by a nurse in an interview with Voice of the Workers about the disgraceful situation of Mount…
€100 million boost to social infrastructure
The EU's financing programme for Employment and Social Innovation (EaSI) will receive €100 million for its Guarantee scheme from the European Fund for Strategic Investments (EFSI). EFSI is an…
Parliament votes to end barriers to cross-border online shopping
Online buyers will have wider and easier cross-border access to products, hotel bookings, car rentals, music festivals or leisure park tickets in the EU. The new rules will ban…
“Take care of your beloved elderly relatives and visit them often!”
“Take care of your elderly relatives … visit them often and do not abandon them”. This was an emotional appeal made by a carer, who wished to remain anonymous,…
Taking better care of our elderly
Statistics show that the Maltese population is getting older. The longer people live, the greater the need for specialised services particularly care services. The demand for care services for…
This is not the real deal but an experiment which failed
The agreement that the Government signed with Vitals is not a real deal because Vitals neither showed up nor met its expectations. It is crystal clear that this…
EP to keep fighting to fully protect rights of EU-UK citizens
The EU and the UK made significant progress to guarantee that citizens affected by Brexit will maintain their rights, but key issues still need to be solved. In a…
More predictable and transparent working conditions
As part of the actions to implement the European Pillar of Social Rights, the European Commission has, in December 2017, adopted a proposal for a new Directive for more transparent…
Be professional at work!
Professionalism is defined as a person’s conduct at the workplace. Despite the word itself, this quality is not restricted to what we describe as "the professions," which are typically…
The unions are key players in the strengthening of data protection
Trade unions are among those organisations that wish to regularise policies regarding the protection of data before the General Protection of Data Regulation (GPDR) comes into effect around the…