GWU goes to war with British High Commission

The General Workers' Union has accused the British High Commission of breaching employment law through selective redundancies. In a statement this afternoon, the GWU said that for the past months, it had to enter into multiple disputes with the High Commission over conditions of employment. The union attempted to sit at the discussion table with the High Commissioner but the High Commissioner claimed the GWU no longer represented a majority of the employees. The GWU said it was not in a position to participate in a union membership verification exercise in the past days as the parameters set by the High Commission were not agreed to with the Union and because the case had been referred to the Industrial Tribunal for a decision. The union is insisting that it has a valid collective agreement in force which remains to be respected and that the High Commissioner is not in a position to refuse representation of its employees, even if just one employee was a union member and wished to discuss his case. The GWU said it particularly deplored the recent approach of the High Commission to challenge Malta's judicial authorities whereby, notwithstanding that a dispute on recognition has been...