UĦM Voice of the Workers

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UĦM Voice of the Workers is a Maltese trades union which organises staff in health and social care. It changed its name from Union Ħaddiema Magħqudin in 2015.[1]

Only 45% of the Maltese workforce is unionised. The union advocates mandatory trade union membership for low income workers. It also campaigns against outsourcing.[2]

It supported a doctors strike against the transfer of hospitals to Steward Global Healthcare[3] and a dispute by public healthcare pharmacists demanding better training opportunities, both happening during January 2018.[4]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "UĦM is now UĦM Voice of the Workers". Times of Malta. 5 December 2015. Retrieved 13 February 2018.
  2. ^ "Only around 45 per cent of workers are part of a trade union". Times of Malta. 1 May 2022. Retrieved 20 November 2022.
  3. ^ "Doctors' strike: 3,000 patients to be impacted as UĦM adds to directives". Times of Malta. 6 February 2018. Retrieved 13 February 2018.
  4. ^ "Pharmacists escalate industrial action in State hospitals". Times of Malta. 9 February 2018. Retrieved 13 February 2018.