General Workers' Union (Malta)
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| General Workers' Union | |
| Founded | 1943 |
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| Members | 47,000 |
| Country | Malta |
| Affiliation | ITUC, ETUC |
| Key people | Salv Sammut, president Tony Zarb, secretary general |
| Office location | Valletta, Malta |
| Website | www.gwu.org.mt |
The General Workers' Union (GWU) is a national trade union center in Malta.
The GWU was founded in 1943 and has been politically identified with the Malta Labour Party as the trade union is the major left-wing trade union in Malta. The two were statutorily fused from 1978 to 1992, and continue to share many common objectives.
The GWU is the largest trade union movement in Malta and organised in a confederation format of 8 Sections each to an extent autonomous in conducting industrial relations. The sections cover the manufacturing, services and the public sector of the Maltese labour market and thus organise a wide cross section of interests.
The union is affiliated to the International Trade Union Confederation and the European Trade Union Confederation as well as various sectoral international and European trade union federations covering the same sectors the GWU is organised therein.
[edit] GWU Youths
"The GWU Youth Section is active amongst youths affiliated to the GWU by projecting their voice both internally, within the GWU structure, and externally, on a national and international level."[1] The section is affiliated with UNI Youths, ETUC Youths, and ICFTU Youths.
[edit] References
- (2005) in ICTUR et al,: Trade Unions of the World, 6th, London, UK: John Harper Publishing. ISBN 0-9543811-5-7.
[edit] External links
- GWU Official site.
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