Zminijietna, to mark the occasion of International Workers’ Day, said that “the fight against precariousness, and the right to affordable housing should be on the national agenda.”
The Left think tank organisation, in a statement said, “both sectors are being infected by neoliberalism, that for a total free market economy without regulations.”
Added to that, Zminijietna urged the Government to introduce measures to regulate both sectors.
The movement also called for an increase in the statutory national minimum wage, and for the introduction of a minimum quota on the number of workers that companies could engage on a definite contract (temporary basis).
The leftist organisation insisted that temporary workers enrolled through the private agency scheme should by law be represented by a union, thus making this scheme more regulated, it said.
“The Government should also address the anomaly that exists among the workers, for the right to an equal pay for an equal job,” the movement said.
“Such as, the difference in payment between those that work under a government contract and those who not. Presently, the ones working under a private contract are paid less,” it said.
With regards, to the rental market, Zminijietna appealed for “a national reform towards a secure, stable and affordable rental market.”