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TUC Idea collapses again

Wednesday, 2 February 2005, 00:00 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

The formation of a trade unions council seemed in an advanced stage following the effort made by the unions over the past days to come up with a common front to face the government and employers in discussions over a social pact....

The Nordic Model

Tuesday, 1 February 2005, 00:00 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

In the coming days you will no doubt be hearing that our pensions are no longer sustainable and that our national health system needs looking into....

A Failed social pact

Tuesday, 1 February 2005, 00:00 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

The failure of negotiations on a social pact goes beyond the public holidays issue, which was tackled by this newspaper in yesterday’s editorial....

Tourism – What future?

Tuesday, 1 February 2005, 00:00 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

I happened to read the opinion piece which was contributed by Robert Arrigo MP (TMID, 28 January)....

Bank Robbed… yet again

Tuesday, 1 February 2005, 00:00 Last update: about 12 years ago Malta Independent

Many moons ago a note was forwarded to the local bank managers’ directors (and, if I remember correctly, copied to the Commissioner of Police) on the subject of bank security. ...

Sanity About asylum seekers

Monday, 31 January 2005, 00:00 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

Over the past weeks, this country has wobbled, much as the world wobbled on 26 December, because of pictures showing soldiers beating up asylum seekers who were protesting....

Information? How Taxing!

Thursday, 20 January 2005, 00:00 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

Information first, taxation later is a maxim that is ignored by the government to its own detriment. ...

What Light!?

Thursday, 20 January 2005, 00:00 Last update: about 12 years ago Malta Independent

“Families are not seeing light at the end of the tunnel” – The opposition leader....

Equality For men and women

Wednesday, 19 January 2005, 00:00 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

In 2003, the Equality for Men and Women Act [Act 1 of 2003, Cap 456] was passed and the subsequent setting up of the National Commission for the Promotion of Equality for Men and Women [NCPE] in January 2004 provided a body responsible for monitoring the ...

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