- Setting up a task force to eradicate unfair competition – The task force would be composed of the Ministry for Finance, Customs, Inland Revenue The Ministry for Economy and Business, GRTU as well as other necessary stakeholders. Its task would be to take decisions on action to be taken, evaluate results, and oversee the handling of reported abuse.
- Introduce Scanners at the new quay – There is already a scanning/stripping system that is utilized at the Freeport and this should be introduced at the landing point of the catamaran. The system is a random one but it is also an automated one. As such GRTU suggests that either all vehicles coming through drive through the scanner of else an automated system is introduced where vehicles are inspected randomly and based on suspicion.
Category: Archive – 2016
Valletta Shop Scheme
Il-GRTU titlob lill-Ministru ghat-Trasport jikkonsidra jerġa’ ddawwar it-traffiku ġewwa ċ-Centru tal-Mosta ghal kif kien qabel l-1996
L-GRTU dejjem poġġiet bħala prijorita’ fuq il-programm tagħha l-iżvilupp tal-lokalitajiet bħala fonti ta’ ħolqien ta’ impjieg u avvanz ta’ attivita’ ekonomika. Il-GRTU qiegħda taħdem kontinwament mall-Malta Tourism Authority, Transport Malta, Kunsilli Lokali u s-sidien tal-intrapriżi fil-lokalitajiet bil-ghan li jinħolqu attrazzjonijiet ġodda sabiex niġbdu aktar xogħol lejn il-lokalitajiet.
Engagement of Migrant Workers Proposal – Positive Initiative Subject to Fine-Tuning
- A lack of incentive in terms of law-abiding employers in relation to employers who still opt to operate within the black economy whereby if a migrant is paid at actual minimum wage in the black economy, such worker is receiving more than the Job Brokerage Office proposal and such employer is paying less.
- There is an element of lack of fairness towards the notion of equal respect and equal pay between migrant workers and their counterpart workers which undermines the concept of fair and equal integration into the labour market, since such migrant workers shall be pocketing less than minimum wage in practice.
GRTU’s collaboration with MCAST to promote Entrepreneurship
Opposition launches Short-Term Measures to Reduce Traffic – GRTU reiterates urgency of practical immediate improvements
Traffic congestion within the limits of our country’s infrastructure has over the years developed into an imminent cause of concern for all, with direct effect on business. GRTU has first and foremost welcomed the fact that, following continuous pressure by its Transport Lobby Group, the issue has been raised on the national agenda by both Government and Opposition.
GRTU’s crusade against the new Billboards and Advertising law
The new Billboards and Advertisements Regulations, 2016 came into force on 29th March 2016. The law brought together two older laws, one related to Billboards and the other related to any other Advertisement into one law and also introduced a number of significant changes.
GRTU Signage Association being formed – Billboard Operators welcomed within GRTU
GRTU’s incessant work on LN103/2016 has led to a six-week consultation period which shall be putting forward constructive proposals as to how the advertising, signage and billboard sectors ought to be regulated in a fair and logical manner which makes sense for the regulator but which is practical on the ground.
Members from the signage and sign-writing sector within GRTU have been actively meeting throughout these weeks to tackle the core issues of the law and propose a system which would regulate efficiently and effectively
without harming business. With an increasing number of members from the sector joining GRTU, the need has been felt to set up a fully-fledged association for the signage and sign-writing sector within the structures of GRTU.
In parallel to the sector’s work on the proposals for the new law meetings are being held to draft a statute and devise a work-plan for the new association. The association’s main aims shall be to promote and widen the sector, to set standards and guidelines for the sector, and to raise the quality of service within the sector as a whole.
In addition to the signage and sign-writing sector, GRTU has also welcomed billboard operators as a separate new sector. GRTU already represented operators within the billboard sector but with more members joining a new section has been set up specifically for this sector. These GRTU members are working well hand-inhand to respect the agreement reached with the Government regarding billboards as well as commencing discussions to set proposals for the new law from the perspective of billboard owners.