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Covid-19: Throwing caution to the waves…wind
On March 7, 2020 Malta registered its first coronavirus case after an Italian 12-year-old girl tested positive. Many braced themselves for the worst, but few could have forecast what would…
Safeguarding Malta’s historic and cultural assets through EU Funds
Malta is richly endowed with sites, assets and artefacts of cultural and historical significance. Due to their cultural and historic value, it is important to conserve and restore such assets…
Emergency ambulance responders paid less than animal ambulance drivers
Emergency ambulance responders are getting paid less than animal ambulance drivers with the discrepancy being to the tune of €5,000 per year, Voice of the Workers Weekly can confirm. “The…
MEPs to investigate alleged violations of fundamental rights by Frontex
The new European Parliament Frontex Scrutiny Working Group (FSWG) will monitor all aspects of the functioning of the border agency, including its compliance with fundamental rights. Vice-president and Maltese MEP…
A bad precedent for social dialogue
Last week more than 1,300 healthcare workers ranging from emergency ambulance responders to professionals stepped up industrial action having felt that government was trying to take them for a ride.…
COVID-19: Adapting workplaces and protecting workers
Work, just like any other sphere of life, has been severely affected by the pandemic. Employers and workers had to implement new procedures and practices to prevent the spread of…
Care workers at Gozo General Hospital less equal than others
Care workers on the books of a contractor servicing the Gozo General Hospital who get infected with COVID-19 while carrying their duties, are not getting the same benefits enjoyed by…
EU is right place to tackle pandemic, but reform is needed, latest survey finds
The Covid-19 pandemic has strengthened citizens’ beliefs that the European Union is the right place to develop effective solutions to tackle its effects. At the end of 2020, more respondents…
National Unity – what does it really mean?
Later this month a national conference promoting unity will be held by President George Vella who has been quite vociferous on the need to heal the rifts within Maltese society.…
New EU Strategic Framework on Health and Safety at Work – Have your say
As part of its commitment to deliver a ‘European Health Union’, in 2021, the European Commission will bring forward a new EU Strategic Framework for Health and Safety at Work…