Zminijietna – Voice of the Left stated today that Worker’s Day should be a symbol of the struggle against precariousness.

Zminijietna said that “whilst it applauds the Government’s efforts to address this problem, many workers in Malta are still employed under inferior work conditions, with low wages, lack of training and little job security.”

Zminijietna insisted that the introduction of a legislation that defines precariousness is urgently needed.

On this point, Zminijietna stated that it disagrees with the Malta Employers Association’s definition of precarious work “that focus more on the abuse, rather than the quality of employment.”

“The numbers of (mostly foreign) workers who are being employed as temporary agency workers, or ‘temp workers,’ are of concern. These workers are facing discriminatory conditions with relation to wages, inferior conditions of work, and precariousness due to the fact that if they complain they end up being sent back home, without any rights.”

Zminijietna – Voice of the Left, concluded by appealing to the Government to make a “serious and concerted effort to address the problem of precariousness work. Many workers in the cleaning, security, care and domestic sectors are still being employed under precarious job contracts and conditions, and they deserve to be afforded proper employment rights.”

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