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May Day | Prime Minister pledges fight against precariousness
Marking Workers’ Day with a speech in Senglea, Prime Minister Lawrence Gonzi said government is committed to fight precariousness, starting from stipulating working conditions when issuing a call for tenders.
1 May 2012, 12:00am
Miriam Dalli
Miriam Dalli
2 min read
Prime Minister Lawrence Gonzi during his May Day speech in Senglea
Welcomed by a cheering crowd in Senglea, Prime Minister Lawrence Gonzi this morning marked Workers' Day with a speech focused on the importance of workers and government's commitment to fight precariousness.
As he reminisced about his first corner meeting in Senglea in 1986, which had been "abruptly interrupted", Gonzi said Malta had changed a lot since then: "Malta has undergone big changes in every sense since then, with the biggest change being the country's accession to the European Union."
Gonzi added that while government had always been committed to creating jobs and investing in the worker, he couldn't but acknowledge that there were others who are unemployed or that they have precarious jobs.
"Over the past four years government created 20,000 jobs but we cannot hide from the fact that precarious work is an issue which worries not only the unions - whose responsibility is to represent the workers and not jump on political bandwagons - but also us," he said.
"It is for this reason that last January, government published a legal notice to regulate self-employed workers in the private sector to prevent abuse. Government has also gone a step further and has stipulated working conditions that successful bidders for government tenders must adhere to."
Gonzi added that the "Nationalist Party truly looks out for the workers' interests".
Speaking on education, Gonzi urged students of all ages not to give up on studying: "I urge you not to ever give up on your studies. Even if you do not make it University, there are other schools which you can attend which are extremely good and provide the best education. We also pay you to study, even when others oppose it. But for us this is an investment... we are investing in your future."
The Prime Minister also spoke at length about government's investment in the health sector and acknowledged that there were times when medicines would be out of stock. "We are doing everything we can to avoid such instances. But I must remind you that when other countries were succumbing to the economic crisis, our health services never deteriorated. We continued to provide the best care services with the best professionals," he said.
Gonzi added that government chose to "spend its money on the families, rather than on weapons".
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Sur Privitera .....gahdni qied nistenna twegiba minghandek il bqija il kummenti tieghek huma 'RUBBISH' Nerga nisfidak u ghidli fuq EFA meta kien president ta Malta kaz wiehed biss fejn kien zbilancjat fil pozzijoni li kellu. Irrispondi Mr Democratic qabel nghidlek jekk nismax in NET news biss jien.
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mela qed jammetti li taht gonzipn inholoq ix xoghol prekarju.
gonzi u shabu jikkwotaw il figura ta 20,000 job. jista xi hadd jghati statistika ta ezatt fejn inholqu dawn l impjiegi.
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Rajah, mela veru QATT ma tisma l-ahbarijiet (MHUX TA' TVM JEW NET ) ta' xi jkun qal Joseph Muscat, ghax kieku taf li Dr. Muscat diga kien irrisponda u qal kif Gonzi qieghed jilghab bil-figuri, u mhux veru l-istorja tal-20,000 imjieg GDID ! Il-bierah irrisponda u ta l-Figuri Dr. Anglu Farrugia u l-figura tigi 10,000 impjieg - IN-NOFS. Mela Gonzi qal NOFS VERITA. U NOFS VERITA, Kif jinghad, HIJA AGHAR MINN GIDBA !!!!!Eddy Privitera
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'Precariousness': twenty thousand reasons why you must not vote again GonziPN!
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Don't forget about the many people who are forced to work as "self-employed" when they are really working for a company (like for example salesmen). This is merely a front to circumvent the employment act.
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Precarious work is all a hidden agenda in the PN manifesto, we do not need to declare, who is behind all this. Most likely entrepreneurs and Contractors gained from all this scenario and we wonder which party do they align to, just guess, LOL
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Gonzi added that government chose to "spend its money on the families, rather than on weapons".Oh you mean the weapons Fenech Adami was storing in the PN HQ are still in working order.Come on Gonzi the only families you spent money on was yours and your band of buffoons.
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jospeh leads gonzi follows.
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Sur GONZIPN ma tahsibx li dal kliem li ghidt gie ERBA SNIN TARD????..."spend it`s money on families..." wara li qaxxart il-bwiet tal-Maltin,Sur GONZIPN.Minn jemmen kelma wahda li tohrog minn halq GONZI ghalija veru BECCUN.
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Ilkhom dawn is-snin kollha fil-gvern, issa trid tiggieled il-prekarjeta fl-imjiegi ???? Dejjem lejliet l-elezzjoni tibda tara x'sr taqbad taghmel biex terga tidhak bill-poplu ?? ISSA TROPPO TARDI PRIM !!!
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Issa, ftit xhur qabel l-elezzjoni trid tigieled ix-xghol prekarju?. Hallina nghixu tridx. Ilek 4 snin hemm fuq tpappija u kieku ridt illum m’ hawn l-ebda tip ta’ xoghol prekarju. Ma tistghax tisma lil tal-Lejber li iridu jaghmlu xi haga li ma taqbiz int fin-nofs. Tghid ghalhekk trid tkun taf x’bi hsiebu jaghmel il-Lejber meta ikun fil-Gvern biex taghmlu qablu? Taf li bil-Lejber gejja s-serjeta, u tispicca l-Kurruzjoni, il-hela ta’ flus u l-abbuzi. Donnok qed tinduna wkoll li l-haddiem sejjer jiehu dak li huwa tieghu meta jitla l-Lejber. Int gibtna fis-sittinijiet fejn il-haddiem ma kellu l-ebda dritt imma kien jghix fl-ghaks, kif qeghdin nghixu illum.
Jekk issa trid tirranga ibda mill-kontijiet tad-dawl u l-ilma jew trid lil Joseph Muscat jghidlek kif? Tista’ tgholli l-penzjonijiet u il-paga jew trid lil Joseph jghidlek kif? Tista’ ukoll tirranga l-hsarat lil dawk li ma jaqblux mieghek, jew qed tistenna lil min jghidlek kif? Tista’ taghti dawk l-erbat ijiem ta’ festi li jahbtu s-sibtijiet u l-hdud li hadt lil-haddiem. Fejn huma “tan-Nazzjon taghkom” meta kienu jghidu “ftakar li illum gurnata misruqa” jew qabditkom id-dimenzja? Hallina GonziPN. Hadd wara hadd tasal ta’ kulhadd u hag’ohra nixtieq nghidlek, haga li thobb tghid int “Iggudikawni fuq dak li naghmel u mhux fuq dak li nghid. Jekk Alla irid il-poplu hekk sejjer jaghmel fi ftit taz-zmien iehor “Jiggudikawk”. Jien zgur li mhux sejjer nafdak ghaliex meta thambaq fuq is-Solidarjeta mall-familji, fuq li kulhadd ghandu dritt li jimxi l-quddiem, li tnaqqas it-taxxa, int ma zammejtx kelmtek allura mhux sejjer nafdak w int li qed tara din x’sejjer taghmel?
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IVA DAN FEJN KIEN?
Dan jistenbah biss meta tkun riesqa l-'elezzjoni?
Mhux HU HALLA IX-XOGHOL PREKARJU JIKBER FIL-PAJJIZ?
Kemm ha jduma cwiec , kemm ha jdum jitwemmen, dan ma ghadhux idahhaq , issa qieghed IBIKKI fl-isforzi tieghi biex inessi u jintghob lejlet elezzjoni!
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committed to fight precariousness, mela veru ghawn ix xoghl prekarju, daqs kemm ghad li mhux veru, issa indunajt ghax waslet lelezjoni, ja purcinell. sewwa qalek tony zarb li in nies li tnejikt bijom mumix ha jergaw javdawk. il giddib ghomru qassir.
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Ivvinta il-part time work hu stess bil-tenders li hargu lil tal-qalba u issa kontra? Saqsi lil dawk i-tfajliet u guvintur li jahdmu il-License Office imsieken; se jibda minnhom? Viva l-imzazen!
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"Over the past four years government created 20,000 jobs..". GIDBA FAHXIJA Gonz. Halli nghidlek x'qed isir Gonz. Min ihaddem qieghed jimpjega lill-haddiema b'inqas mill-paga minima bi ksur tal-ligi. Meta jaqbdu l-paga jmorru jaghtuh 20 ewro ghax inkella jkeccihom. Ohra. Jimpjegawhom l-istess b'inqas mill-paga minima u kif tkun se tghaddi l-probation ikeccihom halli qatt ma jigu tal-post u ma jkunu intitolati ghal xejn. Imbaghad jergà jimpjega lil haddiehor. Ohra. Jimpjegawhom b'self employed bil-paga minima li minnha jridu wkoll ihallsu l-bolla tas-self employed u ma jkunu intitolati ghal xejn, la leave, la sick leave, la bonus, XEJN, ghax ikunu self employed. L-ETC kull darba li haddiem jitkecca u jigi impjegat iehor tghodd daqs li kieku jkunu zdiedu l-impjiegi u xorta ma tnaqqasx dak in- numru li jkunu inghataw is-sensji. DAN INTI TAFU, QATT MA HADT PASSI KONTRA DAWN L-OXXENITAJIET U GHALHEKK TRID TQARRAQ META TIFTAHAR KEMM HLOQT IMPJIEGI. INT GIBT BISS XOGHOL PREKARJU U SFRUTTAMENT TAL-HADDIEMA.
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Gonz, l-ewwel nett inti hlief tigdeb ma taghmilx. It-tieni gralek bhal dak ir-raghaj tal-istorja tal-lupu. Tant ilek tigdeb li issa hadd ma qed jemmnek anki jekk b'kumbinazzjoni l-hmar jitla' l-arblu u tghid xi haga li tkun vera. Fittex ghamel dik l-elezzjoni ghax qazzistna.
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Is GonziPN following J.Muscat? If yes he is a follower not a leader.If he is follower he should call for an election,and give us a break.
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Imma kekk jiflah ikun ipokrita dan il bniedem ? Dan ftit taz-zmien ilu kien jghid li ma jezistix xoghol prekarju , li din hija hrafa mahluqa min Tony Zarb u l'forum tal-unions li kienu xebghu jghidulu b'dan it-tip ta' xoghol . Sahansitra il-gvern stess kien qieghed jikkontribwixxi biex jinholoq dan ixoxoghol prekarju b'kuntratti li kien qed jaghti hu stess .
Issa sar jaf li jezisti ? kemm int ipokrita Sur-Prim Ministru . Isa afdah iktar lill dan il-bniedem ,ja haddiem .
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Imma kekk jiflah ikun ipokrita dan il bniedem ? Dan ftit iaz-zmien ilu kien jghid li ma jezistix xoghol prekarju , li din hija hrafa mahluqa min Tony Zarb u l'forum tal-unions li kienu xebghu jghidulu b'dan it-tip ta' xoghol . Sahansitra il-gvern stess kien qieghed jikkontribwixxi biex jinholoq dan ixoxoghol prekarju b'kuntratti li kien qed jaghti hu stess .
Issa sar jaf li jezisti ? kemm int ipokrita Sur-Prim Ministru . Isa afdah iktar lill dan il-bniedem ,ja haddiem .
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20,000 elf impieg!!! Skond intom hrafa LOL.Ara gibux ci clip fejn xi hadd mil amminstrazzjoni socjalista/moderata jew progressiva cahdet din ic cifra. Mhux ahajr tohorgu b'xi kumment akatr bis sens. L-iktar wiehed li ghogobni ta ' ghamjailmewt' fejn semmejt lil arcisqof gonzi!!!! Il vera tad dahk ara taghmlux xi kampanja fuq l-arcisqof gonzi issa ha tohorgu ta cowboys. u BTW dak mhux iz ziju tieghu kien imma ziju ta missieru.
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Meta nghid il-hmerijiet ommii kidney tghidli Mur Kakki Maz-Zizi. Xbajt tharref Dr.Gonzi.
Issa kulhadd induna bik-falzita tieghek f'kull ma tghid. Ha nghidlek bhal ma kienet tghidli ommi, MUR KAKKi MAZ-ZIZi!!!
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Sur gonzipn il-lum kif taf jum il haddiem,jien phal hafna haddiema ohra qattajt dan il-jum mal-familja tieghi b'differenza wahda il-lum billi ma hdimx jien ma thallastx ghal-kemm nahdem go post governattiv imma billi nahdem ma kuntrattur privat dan ihallasni biss tas-sieghat li nahdem, jien nahdem izjed min 40 siegha fil-gimgha imma xorta taparis nahdem part time ihallasni fuq zewg cekkijiet dejjem taparsi nahdem ma zewg kumpaniji, < U dan kollu > bil-barka tieghek sur gonzi. ghaziz prim ministru jekk jogbok issemmijx xoghol prekarju ghax int taf daqsi li meta titkellem fuq dan is-sugget ma tkunx qed titkellem min qalbek u izjed tkun qed taghmel hsara milli gid lil listess partit tieghek. Min qalbi nawguralek li tmur kemm jista ikun malajr fejn jixraqlek, floppozizzjoni.
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mela kellek il hsieb li tixtri xi 4 tankijiet tal gwerra jew xi 4 fighter. meta ma ikollokx xi tghid ibqa id dar gonzipn. dwar li fixkluk f 1986 staqsi lill zijuk x kien jaghmal fis sittinijiet. ARA VERU QIEGHED THOSS ID DAQQA TAL MEWT POLITIKA TIEGHEK
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Who can believe him, he has to start immediately with the tenders already issued for serbvices at Mater Dei......... Gonzi added that government chose to "spend its money on the families, rather than on weapons"... what sort of chicken droppings of a statement is this? Could he more specific? Gonzi you are too far gone and you are grasping in thin air for help.
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Ghadu jtanbar fuq il-hrafa ta' 20,000 job li "nholqu' f'dawn l-ahhar 4 snin! Fl-ahhar dawk li jisimghu biss Radju 101 u jaraw Net TV jibilghuha u jippruvaw ibellghuha lill-haddiehor. Pero' l-isbah wahda meta qal "government chose to spend its money on the families, rather than on weapons"! Nafu x'ahna nghidu jew?!
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Oh yes! Another U-turn. I believe Mary Louise Coleiro Preca had talked about this issue in December. Government has had 6 months and NOW promises to do something about it. So how many U-turns is this? HFO to Gas, Forum in MCESD, Precarious labour............ It seems Labour had the answers all along. This may be dressed up as listening to the people's concerns, but I am fed up of hearing these ma culpas before an election and , the keeping ears to the ground after an electoral defeat. Many others are as well.
