Efforts to increase inter-union cooperation

Abstract

The difficult socio-economic situation has recently prompted Maltese trade unions to cooperate more with one another. In June 2004, the general secretary of the European Trade Union Confederation (ETUC) was asked to intervene to decrease the inter-union rivalry that has characterised the Maltese trade union movement for several decades. In recent years it has become evident to many of those concerned that Maltese trade unions need to adapt to new circumstances - notably increasing levels of flux in the world of work and employment insecurity threatening many occupations - by enhancing inter-union solidarity and improving their services.