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Asylum Seekers: Burden, Cheap Labour or … Human Beings?

January 19, 2019 · Daiva Repečkaitė ·

The asylum applicants are met with two contradictory demands: to be traumatised and persecuted enough to be recognised as refugees, and to be physically and emotionally fit in order to contribute to the host country’s economy.

Tagged With: employment, exploitation, Labour, migrants, migration, refugees

Writing in Click Economy

November 1, 2018 · Daiva Repečkaitė ·

Precarious, unpaid or underpaid writing is similar to what unpaid internships—initially developed to help young people learn job skills—have become in many industries. It seems to be the only stepping stone into an employment security, if it ever comes.

Tagged With: employment, journalism, worker's rights

Can Economic Growth Ever Be Green? Suggestions for a Post-Growth Malta

October 24, 2018 · Abigail Muscat ·

The stakes are too high to simply carry on with the ‘growth at all costs’ mantra. It is time to implement alternatives. Let us see what post-growth could look like.

Tagged With: economic growth, employment, Environment, post-growth

A Culture of Concealment and Non-Declaration: is the Car Park Attendant an Anomaly?

June 26, 2018 · Rachael Scicluna ·

The parkers are our modern working class entrepreneurs. The parkers, like the developers, landlords and ministers understand the market too well. The parkers managed to carve out their own jobs just at the right time in a neo-patronage system.

Tagged With: employment, neoliberalism, stereotypes

I am not Against Migration—I am in Favour of a Fair Playing Field!

April 30, 2018 · Emmanuel Psaila ·

“There is nobody willing to listen to people like me. Nobody represents our interests anymore. The Labour Party has vanished.”

Tagged With: employment, exploitation, worker's rights

Addressing the Work-Life Balance in Malta

April 29, 2018 · General Workers’ Union - Youths ·

Work-life balance is still a concern in Malta. How can we achieve it?

Tagged With: economy, employment, minimum wage

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