Cory Greenland, Josef Bugeja eye GWU deputy secretary general post

General Workers Union section secretaries Cory Greenland and Josef Bugeja are eyeing the post of deputy secretary general of the union, MaltaToday has learnt.

Submission of nominations closed today at noon and the election is scheduled for 31 January.

The post opened up after the outgoing deputy secretary general Michael Parnis called it a day after 35 years in trade unionism. Parnis will be taking up a Human Resources post at a government department.

This newspaper has learnt that both candidates have a good chance of being elected and it won't be an easy race.

Josef Bugeja, as section secretary of government and public entities, is considered to have "a very strong section" with the public service traditionally considered to be a strong section within the union.

On the other hand, as secretary of the professionals, finances and services section, Cory Greenland is seen as the person who built a strong section from scratch.