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?
Malaysiakini.com
Tony Thien
Sep 27, 05 11:50am
The Union of Forestry Employees Sarawak (Ufes) claims that the Sarawak government is beaching the International Labour Organisation (ILO) convention relating to forestry workers.
The struggle of women workers in Nepal has reported by CAW (Committee for
Asian Women) along with Tie Asia (Transnationals Information Exchange) after
the fact-finding in Katmandu, from 8th -18th. September 2005.
For more information please refer to: www.gefont.org,
www.nepaldemocracy.org or e-mail
dfa@gefont.org
Please expect a full report of the fact-finding mission soon that will be
prepared by the team from: TIE Asia – tieasia@tieasia.org,
Committee for Asian Women – siewhwa@cawinfo.org
The Star
Sunday July 31, 2005
BANTING: Two Indonesian workers carrying out piping works inside a 4.5m deep
drain were buried alive when the earth walls of the drain gave way.
The Star
Saturday July 30, 2005
KOTA KINABALU: The nation needs a knowledgeable and versatile workforce to
remain competitive among investors, said MCA Youth secretary-general Datuk Liow
Tiong Lai.
The Star
Wednesday July 27, 2005
PUTRAJAYA: The RM2,500 cap on service fee for hiring foreign maids stays and
it will be implemented as planned on Aug 1.
The Star
Saturday July 16, 2005
KUALA LUMPUR: The first batch of Pakistani workers, numbering about 50, will
arrive here today.
Malaysiakini.com
Claudia Theophilus
Jul 14, 05 6:22pm
The nominations of four contenders for the National Union of Bank Employees
(NUBE) branch and main committee posts are legitimate even though they were
sacked by their employers last year.
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