19 June 2013 | 19:05
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The Malta Employers’ Association (MEA) agrees with Labour Party leader Joseph Muscat’s pronouncement that the minimum wage should not be raised beyond cost of living adjustments.
MEA maintains that the best way to move people out of poverty is have competitive enterprises which are in a position to create more jobs, whilst ensuring that minimum labour standards are enforced.
The Association added that a more effective alternative to raising the minimum wage would be to increase living standards by moving as many employees as possible out of low paid jobs through the generation of higher value added jobs, training and education.
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aldo 98
- Wed 19-Sep-2012, 23:29FEJN. QIEGHED IL-KANDIDAT SECOND HAND DR GEJTU RETORIKU VELLA. BHAL DAK L-IMBARAZZ LI IL-MINISTRU RIFORMISTA FIL-BUZULOTTI WOSTIN GATT GAB GEWWA IL-GŻEJJER MALTIN.
ID-DUD TA LONDRA LI KELLHOM JIGRU U JHUFU GEWWA IT-TOROQ INGLIZI SPICCAW JIGRU GEWWA IT-TOROQ ZGHAR MALTIN U MIMLIJIN HOFOR BHAL FINANZI TAD-DILETTANT TAL- FINANZI. U TAC-CWIEC MALTIN U ANKE GHAWDXIN .
DR GEJTU RETORIKU VELLA ZGUR LI HA JIFREX ZIEDA TA DISA LIRI MALTIN QABEL L-ELEZZJONI GENERALI. U TMIENTAX IL-LIRA MALTIJA WARA LI. FORSI JITLA GHAL L-EWWEL DARBA DEPUTAT FIL-PARLAMENT TA MALTA JEKK. DEJJEM. TIGIH ZEWG.
JARA KEMM IDUM IDUR MMAL-MEJDA TAL-PARLAMENT DAN GEJTU VELLA XI HAGA LIMINN DEJJEM IHOBB JGHAMILLA. MINN MINDU KIEN TIFEL ZGHIR.
M. Storace
- Wed 19-Sep-2012, 22:45@ ED: il-laburisti jifhmu li l-gvern irid jghin l-indistrija - li ma jaccettawx huwa l-gholi tad-dawl w ilma, gas, medicini, ecc, arroganza, korruzzjoni specjalment li GonziPN gharraq pajjiz u bil-wicc vili kemm hsabu u hu hadu €500 min wara dar il-poplu. Dal-misthija u biki sar dan il-pajjiz
M. Storace
- Wed 19-Sep-2012, 21:28May I remind LESLIE DARMANIN that the 1987 election was not won fair and square by the PN but handed to them on a silver platter by the late Dom Mintoff.
If as he submitted that thousands were employed with the public sector on the eve of the '87 election, GonziPN acted in the same way during the 2008 election and only blue-eyed boys got promotions and the best jobs and lately it was even publicised that medical jobs were given to people which are not qualified for such a job.
ED
- Wed 19-Sep-2012, 21:14Mur oqod bil-Laburisti kieku hareg biha Gonzi din :)
saviour cachia
- Wed 19-Sep-2012, 19:26Proposta li taghmel sens, inutli tgholli l-pagi, bla ma ccaqlaq is-ceiling tat-taxxi, ghaliex ikun hemm iktar min imur minn taht. Iva niehu hsieb dawk l-oqsma bhall-medicini, pensjonijiet, dawl u ilma, kwalita ta' ilma, li minhabba fiha qed jigi mpost fuqna li nixtru regolarment ilma ibbottiljat, assikurazzjonijiet, ghaliex dawn jolqtu lil kulhadd, anki lill-pensjonanti, li ghandhom jigu dikjarati mhux taxxabbli. Niggieldu l-evazjoni tat-taxxa u l-qerq fil-ksib tal-beneficcji socjali. Il-Partit Laburista hu lest biex imexxi lil Malta u inutli Gonzi u shabu joqoghdu jzeffnu lil Duminiku Mintoff fin-nofs jew inkella issa Dr. Simon Busutill iwerwerna bil-bail-out mill-Unjoni Ewropeja. Gvernijiet Laburista dejjem flus fil-kaxxa kellhom u mhux djun insurmontabbli bhalma tella' Gonzi PN jew gvernijiet ohra nazzjonalisti tul dawn l-ahhar 25 sena. Meritokrazija u galbu huma l-pedamenti ghall-gejjieni ta' uliedna, li hafna minnhom minkejja li jitghallmu hafna skola, jispiccaw b'xi xoghol prekarju. Dan hu kankru li jrid jinqata' mis-socjeta' Maltija, min irid jaghmel il-liri bic-cheap labour imur l-Asja.
cittadin malti
- Wed 19-Sep-2012, 18:42Inizzjativa pozitiva biex titwarab il-poverta li dahhal l-gvern Gonzipn hu klikka oligarkika fil-pajjiz bix-xoghol prekarju . Inizzjativa mahluqa mil-Partit Laburista biex ittejjeb l-ghixien tal-haddiem Malti hu jinholqu aktar opportunitajiet indaqs ta l-impjiegi gewwa pajjizna hu b'hekk jinqata l-abbuz ta xoghol prekarju li gab faqar enormi f'pajjizna mil-gvern nta Gonzipn.
Leslie Darmanin
- Wed 19-Sep-2012, 17:53What do you expect employers to say? Raise the minimum wage?
However it is rather gross to hear it coming from the Labour Party that it does not favour minimum wage increases in order to favour employers. That is one hell of a swing to the right. But that is not a surprise is it? Labour implemented a wage freeze policy in the eighties. It didn't help much as unemployment sky rocketed and Labour ended up employing thousands with the public sector on the eve of the 1987 election, alas to no avail.