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?
By Pauline Wong What would you do if you employer forced you to play game of ‘catch the ball’, where if you dropped the ball, you’d get physically punish with punch or kick? Who would you turn to if your boss decided to make you work long hours with no extra pay to punish you […]
KUCHING: Human Resources Minister Datuk Seri Richard Riot may have overstated it when he said that Malaysians are choosy over jobs. PKR women national vice-president Voon Shiak Ni who is also PKR Stampin branch vice-chairperson, said that Riot’s statement about Malaysian needing to change their attitude by not too choosy over jobs or just wanted […]
JOHOR BAHARU, Sept 4 (Bernama) — The Ministry of Human Resources has proposed companies or factories that employ foreign workers to establish a joint committee between employer and employee. Its Minister Datuk Seri Richard Riot Jaem said the move was important in effort to take care of the welfare of 1.6 million legal foreign workers […]
PUTRAJAYA, Sept 2 (Bernama) – Malaysian workers need to their attitude by not be choosy over jobs or just want to work in the public sector. Human Resources Minister Datuk Seri Richard Riot Jaem said Malaysia has so many jobs in various sectors, but mostly are filled by foreign workers. Malaysians should seize job opportunities […]
KUALA LUMPUR, SEPT 2 (BERNAMA) — Former Prime Minister, Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad, Tuesday paid a glowing tribute to the Malaysian trade union movement for maintaining industrial harmony in the country which contributed tremendously towards development. “We were fortunate to have trade union leaders who were reasonable in their demands and knew the consequences of […]
Before condemning the Nepalese for rioting, we must ask why they did it in the first place. COMMENT By Jimmy Puah Wee Tse August 26, 2014, will be remembered as a day of infamy in Kulai’s history. On that fateful day, more than 1,000 Nepalese workers ran riot and set fire to factory buildings and […]
PETALING JAYA, Aug 31 (Bernama)– The Malaysian Trades Union Congress (MTUC) on Sunday offered to cooperate with employers and the Labour Department to solve the grievances of foreign workers. Its president, Khalid Atan, told Bernama that this would also help in maintaining industrial harmony in the country. He was commenting on the alleged rioting by […]
Address: Wisma MTUC,10-5, Jalan USJ 9/5T, 47620 Subang Jaya,Selangor | Tel: 03-80242953 | Fax: 03-80243225 | Email: sgmtuc@gmail.com.com
