Any prospected disruption of work at the Freeport is absolutely unacceptable, especially in this period of grave economic uncertainty for the country and the whole international community.
Why have we reached this point? Because of a simple issue concerning Union membership recognition.
Well, it is absolute folly that things should escalate this way.
On the other hand, it was a grave mistake on the part of the government officials today to call in one by one the workers at Freeport to declare their membership on a face to face basis. This is a grave mistake, an abuse of workers’ rights and should not be tolerated. Just the same as when in 1997 the Alfred Sant led government used the same tactic with the UĦM.
The solution to the whole impasse is very simple: just have a secret ballot amongst the workers and within two hours we will know which Union has a majority.
But stop putting the country’s economy in jeopardy.
arnoldcassola@gmail.com
