[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"page:work\u002Fcollective-bargaining-agreement\u002Fupdates\u002F2018\u002Fmalta-compulsory-union-membership-discussed-november-30-2018":3},{"id":4,"slug":5,"title":6,"short_title":7,"intro_text":7,"meta_description":8,"seo_title":8,"path":9,"content_type":10,"locale":11,"go_live_at":7,"first_published_at":12,"page_created_at":13,"published_at":12,"edit_url":14,"breadcrumbs":15,"seo":28,"body_blocks":36,"call_to_action":42,"categories":49,"labels":50,"owner":7,"authors":51,"related_pages":52,"related_sites":53,"in_subsite":54,"contact_page_url":55,"banner_message":56},12758,"malta-compulsory-union-membership-discussed-november-30-2018","Malta - Compulsory union membership discussed - November 30, 2018",null,"","\u002Fwork\u002Fcollective-bargaining-agreement\u002Fupdates\u002F2018\u002Fmalta-compulsory-union-membership-discussed-november-30-2018","pages.newspage","en","2018-12-20T12:01:40.112000+00:00","2025-12-15T15:28:02.542637+00:00","\u002Fcms\u002Fpages\u002F12758\u002Fedit\u002F",[16,19,22,25,27],{"title":17,"slug":18},"World of Work","work",{"title":20,"slug":21},"Collective Bargaining Agreement","collective-bargaining-agreement",{"title":23,"slug":24},"Collective Bargaining Updates","updates",{"title":26,"slug":26},"2018",{"title":6,"slug":5},{"title":6,"description":8,"image":29,"canonical":30,"robots":31,"og_type":32,"twitter_card":33,"locale":11,"created_at":34,"last_modified_at":35},"https:\u002F\u002Fwageindicator.org\u002Fmedia\u002Fimages\u002FSocial_media_preview_image_-_2025.2e16d0ba.fill-1200x630.png","https:\u002F\u002Fwageindicator.org\u002Fwork\u002Fcollective-bargaining-agreement\u002Fupdates\u002F2018\u002Fmalta-compulsory-union-membership-discussed-november-30-2018\u002F","index, follow","website","summary_large_image","2018-12-20T13:01:40.112000+01:00","2025-12-26T22:43:50.573154+01:00",[37],{"type":38,"data":39},"raw_html_block",{"content":40,"variant":41},"\u003Cp>The General Workers’ Union has requested the Maltese Council for Social and Economic Development (MCESD) to open a discussion on the proposal for every worker to be involved in a trade union of his choice. Earlier on, the Malta Employers’ Association (MEA), the Malta Hotels and Restaurants Association (MHRA) and the Malta Chamber of Commerce Enterprise and Industry (MCCEI) had stressed that it is up to an individual employee or company to decide on joining an association. The organisations reacted on a statement of the Prime Minister who had suggested in parliament the possibility of a compulsory membership of workers and companies in trade unions and employer associations. \u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Read on: \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.newsbook.com.mt\u002Fartikli\u002F2018\u002F11\u002F05\u002Fgwu-requests-discussion-on-mcesds-proposal-on-trade-unions\u002F?lang=en\">in English …\u003C\u002Fa>     \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.timesofmalta.com\u002Farticles\u002Fview\u002F20181105\u002Flocal\u002Fgwu-wants-discussion-on-compulsory-union-membership.693529\">in English (2) …\u003C\u002Fa>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp class=\"CM3\">\u003Cspan class=\"discreet\">For more information, please contact the editor Jan Cremers or Sanne van der Gaag, Amsterdam Institute for Advanced Labour Studies (AIAS) \u003Ca href=\"mailto:cbn-aias@uva.nl\">cbn-aias@uva.nl\u003C\u002Fa> or the Head of communications at the ETUI, Willy De Backer \u003Ca href=\"mailto:wdebacker@etui.org\">wdebacker@etui.org\u003C\u002Fa> © ETUI \u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fp>","light",{"text":43,"link":44},"Contact us",{"title":43,"url":45,"description":43,"rel":46,"type":47,"id":48},"\u002Fabout\u002Fcontact","follow","internal",24590,[],[],[],[],[],false,"\u002Fwork\u002Fliving-wages\u002Fcontact-us","\u003Cp>Welcome to WageIndicator. Same organisation, same information, new look!\u003C\u002Fp>"]