Air Malta workers who are members of the General Workers’ Union (GWU) overwhelmingly approved termination deals negotiated with the airline, the union said. 95% of GWU members at the national airline voted in favour of the agreement that includes an early retirement scheme. The GWU represents administrative staff and ground handlers. The early retirement scheme is a new addition to the government’s original plan to offer only a redeployment scheme in its efforts to restructure the ailing airline. The GWU said workers who applied to be released from their job at Air Malta will either be transferred with government company RSSL with a similar take-home pay by the end of the year or benefit from one of the early retirement schemes that was finalised recently.
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