Malta Post: Future of postal workers discussed
The Union Haddiema Maghqudin has met Investments Minister Austin Gatt to discuss the future of Maltapost employees in connection with the company’s privatization.
In a statement yesterday, the union said it had secured a guarantee that no worker will be laid off, assurances the ministry had already made when announcing the privatization.
On July 30, the ministry had announced that Lombard Bank Malta plc had become the company’s major shareholder and that Malta post’s privatization would be completed once it sold its remaining shares on the Malta Stock Exchange.
Several points were discussed during the meeting, among them the right of government employees to return to their former offices and departments.
Those who had had joined the government before 1979, but chose to remain with Malta post would retain the right to a sum of money from the Treasury.
In the coming days, the union will be meeting Lombard officials to further discuss the employees’ future. It will also call a meeting for the workers to inform them of the outcome of these meetings.
