Workers on the board - a sociological comment on recent developments in workers' participation in Malta

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Abstract

A paper presented at the Fifth International Conference on the Economics of Self-management (Vienna, Austria, July 1988). ; That there is a keen interest by Maltese political parties, trade unions and employers on the whole question of workers' participation is understandable. Malta is a developing micro-state with no natural mineral resources. Apart from the sun and the sea, it depends on the resourcefulness and productivity of its labour force for economic survival. Malta's labour topography resembles that of industrialized states, having a negligible agricultural segment and a substantial indus- trial and service oriented working class which is highly unionized. ; peer-reviewed