{"id":49880,"date":"2025-06-24T16:43:12","date_gmt":"2025-06-24T15:43:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/livenewsmalta.com\/?p=49880"},"modified":"2025-06-26T16:43:28","modified_gmt":"2025-06-26T15:43:28","slug":"new-pay-deal-for-afm-gives-soldiers-pay-increases-and-better-conditions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/livenewsmalta.com\/index.php\/2025\/06\/24\/new-pay-deal-for-afm-gives-soldiers-pay-increases-and-better-conditions\/","title":{"rendered":"New pay deal for AFM gives soldiers pay increases and better conditions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"HwtZe\" lang=\"en\"><span class=\"jCAhz ChMk0b\"><span class=\"ryNqvb\">\u00a0At the Armed Forces of Malta Barracks in Luqa, on Monday evening the best pay agreement for soldiers of the Armed Forces of Malta was signed where the salary fund will now reach an investment of \u20ac68 million.<\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"HwtZe\" lang=\"en\"><span class=\"jCAhz ChMk0b\"><span class=\"ryNqvb\">The agreement signed with the representatives of these workers, the General Workers\u2019 Union.<\/span><\/span> <span class=\"jCAhz\"><span class=\"ryNqvb\">The agreement will again provide strong increases and improve the conditions of around 1,800 officers.<\/span><\/span><span class=\"jCAhz\"><span class=\"ryNqvb\"> In a beautiful occasion at the Luqa Barracks before the signing of the agreement, Prime Minister Robert Abela interpreted the sealing of this agreement as another investment in a category of workers.<\/span><\/span> <span class=\"jCAhz\"><span class=\"ryNqvb\">A category of workers from the Public Administration who also benefited from the Public Administration collective agreement signed towards the end of last year.<\/span><\/span> <span class=\"jCAhz ChMk0b\"><span class=\"ryNqvb\">Prime Minister Robert Abela explained how from the beginning of last month until the end of this month, the Government will have signed no less than 11 agreements whereby it will provide increases and improvements in the working conditions of 1,100 Public Administration workers.<\/span><\/span><span class=\"jCAhz ChMk0b\"><span class=\"ryNqvb\"> \u201cWe are not making each agreement for a long period of years or letting it expire and never signing another one. In fact, five years after five years, workers are seeing improvements in conditions and significant increases,\u201d said Dr Abela, who pointed out how this is not done only because the Government has the desire to do this but because it is financially sound, stable and able to distribute wealth and invest in its workers.<\/span><\/span><span class=\"jCAhz\"><span class=\"ryNqvb\"> Prime Minister Robert Abela stated that the Government\u2019s economic direction is with an emphasis on quality.<\/span><\/span> <span class=\"jCAhz\"><span class=\"ryNqvb\">He said that the quality of life of everyone is what the Malta 2050 Vision talks about, where workers and families continue to be at the centre of everything we do so that our country continues to move forward.<\/span><\/span> <span class=\"jCAhz\"><span class=\"ryNqvb\">He said that therefore we cannot fail to invest in those who, when the country calls them, are always there, such as the officers of the Armed Forces of Malta, for whom a strong investment has also been made in the resources they use.<\/span><\/span> <span class=\"jCAhz ChMk0b\"><span class=\"ryNqvb\">The Prime Minister stressed that the country is grateful to the soldiers and encouraged them to continue working for Malta.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Full story in link below.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/livenewsmalta.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/PR251125.pdf\">PR251125<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"pvc_clear\"><\/div>\n<p id=\"pvc_stats_49880\" class=\"pvc_stats all  \" data-element-id=\"49880\" style=\"\"><i class=\"pvc-stats-icon medium\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" version=\"1.0\" viewBox=\"0 0 502 315\" preserveAspectRatio=\"xMidYMid meet\"><g transform=\"translate(0,332) scale(0.1,-0.1)\" fill=\"\" stroke=\"none\"><path d=\"M2394 3279 l-29 -30 -3 -207 c-2 -182 0 -211 15 -242 39 -76 157 -76 196 0 15 31 17 60 15 243 l-3 209 -33 29 c-26 23 -41 29 -80 29 -41 0 -53 -5 -78 -31z\"\/><path d=\"M3085 3251 c-45 -19 -58 -50 -96 -229 -47 -217 -49 -260 -13 -295 52 -53 146 -42 177 20 16 31 87 366 87 410 0 70 -86 122 -155 94z\"\/><path d=\"M1751 3234 c-13 -9 -29 -31 -37 -50 -12 -29 -10 -49 21 -204 19 -94 39 -189 45 -210 14 -50 54 -80 110 -80 34 0 48 6 76 34 21 21 34 44 34 59 0 14 -18 113 -40 219 -37 178 -43 195 -70 221 -36 32 -101 37 -139 11z\"\/><path d=\"M1163 3073 c-36 -7 -73 -59 -73 -102 0 -56 133 -378 171 -413 34 -32 83 -37 129 -13 70 36 67 87 -16 290 -86 209 -89 214 -129 231 -35 14 -42 15 -82 7z\"\/><path d=\"M3689 3066 c-15 -9 -33 -30 -42 -48 -48 -103 -147 -355 -147 -375 0 -98 131 -148 192 -74 13 15 57 108 97 206 80 196 84 226 37 273 -30 30 -99 39 -137 18z\"\/><path d=\"M583 2784 c-38 -19 -67 -74 -58 -113 9 -42 211 -354 242 -373 16 -10 45 -18 66 -18 51 0 107 52 107 100 0 39 -1 41 -124 234 -80 126 -108 162 -133 173 -41 17 -61 16 -100 -3z\"\/><path d=\"M4250 2784 c-14 -9 -74 -91 -133 -183 -95 -150 -107 -173 -107 -213 0 -55 33 -94 87 -104 67 -13 90 8 211 198 130 202 137 225 78 284 -27 27 -42 34 -72 34 -22 0 -50 -8 -64 -16z\"\/><path d=\"M2275 2693 c-553 -48 -1095 -270 -1585 -649 -135 -104 -459 -423 -483 -476 -23 -49 -22 -139 2 -186 73 -142 361 -457 571 -626 285 -228 642 -407 990 -497 242 -63 336 -73 660 -74 310 0 370 5 595 52 535 111 1045 392 1455 803 122 121 250 273 275 326 19 41 19 137 0 174 -41 79 -309 363 -465 492 -447 370 -946 591 -1479 653 -113 14 -422 18 -536 8z m395 -428 c171 -34 330 -124 456 -258 112 -119 167 -219 211 -378 27 -96 24 -300 -5 -401 -72 -255 -236 -447 -474 -557 -132 -62 -201 -76 -368 -76 -167 0 -236 14 -368 76 -213 98 -373 271 -451 485 -162 444 86 934 547 1084 153 49 292 57 452 25z m909 -232 c222 -123 408 -262 593 -441 76 -74 138 -139 138 -144 0 -16 -233 -242 -330 -319 -155 -123 -309 -223 -461 -299 l-81 -41 32 46 c18 26 49 83 70 128 143 306 141 649 -6 957 -25 52 -61 116 -79 142 l-34 47 45 -20 c26 -10 76 -36 113 -56z m-2057 25 c-40 -58 -105 -190 -130 -263 -110 -324 -59 -707 132 -981 25 -35 42 -64 37 -64 -19 0 -241 119 -326 174 -188 122 -406 314 -532 468 l-58 71 108 103 c185 178 428 349 672 473 66 33 121 60 123 61 2 0 -10 -19 -26 -42z\"\/><path d=\"M2375 1950 c-198 -44 -350 -190 -395 -379 -18 -76 -8 -221 19 -290 114 -284 457 -406 731 -260 98 52 188 154 231 260 27 69 37 214 19 290 -38 163 -166 304 -326 360 -67 23 -215 33 -279 19z\"\/><\/g><\/svg><\/i> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"16\" height=\"16\" alt=\"Loading\" src=\"http:\/\/livenewsmalta.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/page-views-count\/ajax-loader-2x.gif\" border=0 \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"pvc_clear\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0At the Armed Forces of Malta Barracks in Luqa, on Monday evening the best pay agreement for soldiers of the Armed Forces of Malta was signed where the salary fund will now reach an investment of \u20ac68 million. 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