The Gozo Tourism Association (GTA) has issued a statement this evening about the industrial action directive, ordered by the Union Haddiema Maghqudin (UHM), to the staff and crews of Gozo Channel, and calls upon both UHM and Gozo Channel to settle the new collective agreement dispute, around the discussion table.

“Without entering into the merits of the dispute,” the Gozo Tourism Association said that it “acknowledges the right for an industrial action,” however the GTA said it reminds that, “this industrial action is ill-timed, as it risks to literally put in shambles, the busiest weekend of the year, where domestic tourism is concerned.”

Furthermore, the Gozo Tourism Association said that it “believes that while the industrial action is intended to support workers members of a union, on the other hand, it is jeopardizing the jobs of other Gozitan workers, in the tourism industry on Gozo.”

GTA concluded by saying that the Gozitan tourism sector looks forward in earnest for the Carnival weekend, as it is a busy period after the long lull of the winter months. Therefore in the circumstances, the Gozo Tourism Association, on behalf of its members, coming from the various tourism segments, “calls for common sense to prevail, in order to safe guard the interests of the families depending on income derived through employment with Gozo Channel, as well as other numerous jobs within the Gozitan Tourism Industry.”

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