Air Malta Signs Collective Agreement for Ground Handling Staff

Dec. 21, 2017
The 450 ground handling employees will see a raise of 19 percent in their income over five years and a guarantee of employment within the public sector in the case of privatization.

Air Malta has signed a collective agreement for ground handling staff, the third one for its staff over the past month. A fourth agreement – with pilots - will be signed “in the coming weeks”, and not by the end of the year, as initially targeted.

The agreement for the ground handling staff was signed between Air Malta and the General Workers’ Union. It will see the hiving off of ground handling services to a company that will be set up next year. The new company will also ensure investment to allow for a competitive sector, Air Malta chairman Charles Mangion said this evening.

The 450 ground handling employees will see a raise of 19 per cent in their income over five years and a guarantee of employment within the public sector in the case of privatisation.

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