Malaysia is one of Asia's biggest employers of foreign labour. But recently, cases of deaths, abuse and forced labour have come to light. What is going on? Who is protecting these migrant workers?
The Star
Sunday September 3, 2006
PETALING JAYA: MTUC president Syed Sharir Syed Mahmud said the tax exemptions
and relief announced in the Budget on Friday might appear generous but it was
insufficient to create more employment.
Utusan Malaysia
Oleh SAIFULIZAM MOHAMAD
31 Ogos 2006
KUALA LUMPUR 31 Ogos – Kongres Kesatuan Sekerja Malaysia (MTUC) hari ini
mengingatkan Majlis Amanah Rakyat (Mara) menghentikan segera usaha untuk memotong
simpanan Akaun II Kumpulan Wang Simpanan Pekerja (KWSP) bagi mengatasi masalah
hutang pinjaman pelajaran tertunggak.
Malaysiakini.com
Fauwaz Abdul Aziz
Aug 30, 06 5:07pm
The National Union of Bank Employees (NUBE) exco should
have seen details of a contract to renovate its training centre in Port Dickson,
Negri Sembilan, said its sacked president Abdul Jalil Abdul Hamid.
Malaysiakini.com
Fauwaz Abdul Aziz
Aug 30, 06 5:01pm
For four years, they fought on the same side as a leadership tussle strained the National Union of Bank Employees (NUBE) to its seams. Today, they find themselves on opposite sides.
Malaysiakini.com
Alvin Yap
Aug 29, 06 7:33pm
Parliament Malaysian manufacturers are expected
to gain greater access to key US markets should a Free Trade Agreement (FTA)
be inked, said International Trade and Industry Deputy Minister Husni Mohamad
Hanadziah.
Malaysiakini.com
Pia Oberoi
Aug 28, 06 12:25pm
Migrants are human beings. All human beings have rights, and all human beings
have the right to have rights. This is a fundamental concept that should be
at the core of all debate, policy and action on migrant workers in Asia.
New Straits Times
26 Aug 2006
PUTRAJAYA: Public-listed Top Glove Corporation Bhd has been slapped with a
RM11.4 million compound for failing to renew the work permits of 1,769 of its
workers.
Bernama
August 25, 2006 15:48 PM
KANGAR, Aug 25 (Bernama) — Malaysia is losing more than RM6 million in foreign
exchange annually because the local people are reluctant to work at a sugarcane
plantation in Chuping near here.
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