Veteran trade unionist Michael Parnis has announced his decision to end his 35-year career with the General Workers’ Union.
In a letter to GWU general secretary Tony Zarb, Mr Parnis said he was privileged to have worked for the biggest union in Malta.
He joined the union in 1978 as a dockyard apprentice and gradually rose through the ranks, becoming deputy general secretary in 1999.
Mr Parnis founded the Fondazzjoni Reggie Miller, the educational branch of the union.