The GWU gets salary rises for its members year after year. Average incomes are higher in GWU-represented workplaces.

The GWU ensures that both health and safety procedures as well as legal obligations are being met at the workplace by the employers.

Members of trade unions are significantly less likely than non-union employees to have their employment terminated on the basis of unfair dismissal.

Over the years, the GWU has negotiated various benefits for its members at various jobs. Sick leave and special leave enhancements are two examples of these benefits.

The GWU is at the forefront of campaigning for tougher laws against discrimination on the bases of sex, ethnicity, age, disability, sexual orientation, and religious beliefs.

The GWU is working to eliminate the gender pay gap and put the earnings of foreign and migrant employees in line with those of local workers.

In a unionized workplace, your employer is more likely to have family-friendly policies, such as parental leave and urgent family leave policies, that are better than the statutory minimum.

The GWU provides courses to help you learn new skills as well as improve existing ones in order to develop your career. Members benefit from reduced prices for these courses.

The "Malta Council for Economic and Social Development" is a significant committee on which the GWU is represented. Within this committee, the GWU is present among other social partners, including the employers and the government. On the other hand, the GWU-youths also participate in national and international affairs with regards to youths in society. In Malta, the GWU-Youths forms part of the Kunsill Nazzjonali għaż-Żgħażagħ (KNŻ) and Internationally on the European Trade Union Confederation (ETUC), European Federation of Public Service Unions.

One's work experience has a significant impact on their quality of life. The GWU's role is to constantly work for better working conditions while also ensuring the peace of mind of its members.