GWU general secretary Tony Zarb has filed libel proceedings for damages against Vince Farrugia, director general of the small business chamber, the GRTU, for comments Mr Farrugia made last month on the public broadcaster, TVM.
Mr Zarb said Mr Farrugia accused him of manipulating a minute of the meeting of the Malta Council for Economic and Social Development, described him as a fascist, and claimed that Mr Zarb was inciting people to violence.
Mr Zarb is arguing that the comments are not only defamatory and libellous, they are also untrue and intended only to harm his reputation.
The suit was signed by Dr Aaron Mifsud Bonnici and Dr Joanne Vella Cuschieri.