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National Holiday Is Not for the Workers

September 21, 2019 · Henry-Franz Gauci ·

Is the worker free to choose whether to work on a holiday or not? Is it truly a free choice? And if a worker feels the need to work on a holiday to earn double instead of taking a day off, what does this suggest about the cost of living?

Tagged With: neoliberalism, worker's rights

Commemorating Sette Giugno in 2019: Calling for Strikes and Workers’ Uprising

June 6, 2019 · The IotL Magazine ·

A hundred years later, Sette Giugno events hit close to home. The blatant speculation and unfettered market practices that led to the spike in food prices in 1919 resemble untamed profiteering in Malta’s housing and labour markets in 2019.

Tagged With: exploitation, Sette Giugno, worker's rights

“Picking up Rubbish”—It’s Black and White…

May 5, 2019 · Kathrin Schödel ·

Picking up rubbish can be perceived differently depending on the circumstances… and skin colour of those doing the cleaning.

Tagged With: capitalism, discrimination, racism, worker's rights

The True Cause of Low Wages in Malta? Hint: It’s Not Foreign Workers.

May 1, 2019 · Raisa Galea ·

To find out more about the state of solidarity between workers of different ethnicity and their working conditions, I paid a visit to a private company which employs a large number of individuals from all over the world.

Tagged With: solidarity, trade unions, worker's rights

From Solidarity to Individualism: Malta’s Changing Work Culture and Organisation

April 27, 2019 · Edward L. Zammit ·

Recent developments in Malta’s economy and society are facilitating the emergence of a new—individualistic—work culture. Solidarity with fellow workers is being replaced by status awareness, individualism and prioritising of promotion prospects.

Tagged With: emancipation, solidarity, trade unions, worker's rights

Democratizing Europe’s Economy

March 11, 2019 · Niccolò Milanese ·

European Union has everything to gain by showing it’s on the side of workers, improving their everyday workplace experience, and fostering collaboration with others; by doing this, the EU would do much to lessen the alienation currently exploited by the populist right.

Tagged With: democracy, European Union, worker's rights

Why the EU Is Mishandling Brexit

December 9, 2018 · Michael Grech ·

To win its battle of Britain, the EU must undergo a process to regain trust of the Brexit voters so that they will advocate Britain to rejoin the EU for the very same reasons that led them to pin their hopes to it some 30 years ago.

Tagged With: Brexit, European Union, worker's rights

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