Fuel stations’ action ‘will escalate unless meeting set’
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Motorists could find it even harder to get fuel this week if an urgent meeting between the government and pump station owners was not set, the GRTU – Malta Chamber of SMEs has warned. Station owners announced on Monday night that fuel would not be availablFuel stations’ action ‘will escalate unless meeting set’
Motorists could find it even harder to get fuel this week if an urgent meeting between the government and pump station owners was not set, the GRTU – Malta Chamber of SMEs has warned. Station owners announced on Monday night that fuel would not be available from pumping stations after they close at 6pm. The action started on Tuesday. Industrial action was announced on Monday as a long standing dispute over higher profit margins with the government persists. In line with directives issued so far, the pumps are switched off once fuel stations close at 6pm and licence payments to the Regulator for Energy and Water Services have been suspended. The GRTU’s CEO, Abigail Mamo, said on Tuesday the action would be stepped up over the next few days unless the government agreed to hold an “urgent meeting”. However, she would not say what type of action was being contemplated. Times of Malta is informed that Resources Minister Joe Mizzi would be unable to hold a meeting before the weekend because he was abroad on official business. “When the government wants to take urgent action, it finds a way to do it. Waiting until the weekend is just not acceptable for us,” Ms Mamo insisted. The GRTU... Read more