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?
News Straits Times
26 Jul 2006
Phuah Ken Lin
GEORGE TOWN: It has been an agonising three-year wait for a group of 48 Indian
workers who sued their employer for underpaying them.
Malaysiakini.com
Wong Yeen Fern
Jun 24, 06 12:43pm
The Human Resource Ministry has spent a whopping RM82 million on a graduate
retraining programme to sharpen the skills of unemployed graduates.
The Star
Thursday June 22, 2006
PUTRAJAYA: A proposal to raise the ceiling salary of workers from RM1,500 to
RM2,000 under the Employment Act 1995 will be tabled during the next Parliament
meeting.
The Star
By TAN SIN CHOW
Tuesday June 20, 2006
PENANG: Some 225,000 of the 4.5 million workers in the country are not registered
with the Social Security Organisation (Socso).
The Star
Sunday June 18, 2006
PENANG: The pool of 130,000 disabled persons registered with the Welfare Department
can be tapped into to fill up vacancies in various sectors.
Malaysiakini.com
Ng Eng Kiat
Jun 16, 06 2:12pm
A dispute between factory workers and an Indonesian-owned plywood factory in
Wakaf Tembusu, Terengganu has sparked one of the longest pickets ever seen on
the east coast of Peninsular Malaysia.
The Star
Friday June 16, 2006
KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysian employers tend to perceive older workers less favourably
compared with younger ones, a global study commissioned by HSBC Bank reveals.
Financial Express
Friday, June 16, 2006 at 0000 hours IST
KUALA LUMPUR, JUNE 15: A free-trade pact between the United States and Malaysia
could encourage more illegal logging and accelerate rainforest destruction in
Southeast Asia, an international environmental group said on Thursday.
Address: Wisma MTUC,10-5, Jalan USJ 9/5T, 47620 Subang Jaya,Selangor | Tel: 03-80242953 | Fax: 03-80243225 | Email: sgmtuc@gmail.com.com
