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?
John Joseph KUCHING: The Sarawak Bank Employees Union (SBEU) and the Malaysian Trade Union Congress (MTUC) Sarawak Branch are against the proposed merger of CIMB, RHB Capital and the Malaysian Building Society Bhd (MBSB) to create an Islamic banking franchise. The Unions called upon the Competitions Commission “to look into the adverse impact of the […]
Alyaa Azhar A multinational electronics company has denied the accusation that it breached the law by utilising outsourcing agents to employ foreign workers. However, according to the Malaysian Trades Union Congress (MTUC), passports of foreign workers employed by the said company were being held by the outsourcing agents, which led to the arrest of one […]
BY LEE SHI-IAN AND ELIZABETH ZACHARIAH Malaysia’s largest bank workers union are concerned that a proposed merger between two banks and a financial firm could lead to job losses, saying there should have been consultations. The National Union of Bank Employees (NUBE) president Tan Eng Hong expressed disappointment with Bank Negara that the union was […]
PUTRAJAYA, July 10 (Bernama) — Cuepacs representatives met with Deputy Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin on Thursday, and the discussions covered civil servants, the proposed Goods and Services Tax (GST) and the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPPA). Cuepacs was represented by its president, Azih Muda; deputy president I Zainal Ismail; deputy president II Mohd Shaman […]
Malaysia Airlines’ (MAS) leadership is to blame for the national carrier’s dire financial straits, and the unions representing it have been its biggest victims, the National Union of Bank Employees (NUBE) said today. “Over a period of a few decades, huge amounts of public funds had been expanded to save MAS from corporate failure. Each […]
KUALA LUMPUR, July 6 (Bernama) — The major hurdles for the ailing Malaysia Airlines (MAS) to return to profitability are its employees’ unions, a prominent think-tank said. Chief executive officer of the Institute for Democracy and Economic Affairs (IDEAS) Wan Saiful Wan Jan said every time efforts were made to reform or restructure the airline […]
Karen Arukesamy KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia needs to have more women remaining in the labour force as well as having more innovations, among other measures, to improve or maintain its gross domestic product (GDP) growth. The suggestion came from Michelle Gyles-McDonnough, the UN resident coordinator and United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) country representative for Malaysia, Singapore […]
BY BOO SU-LYN KUALA LUMPUR, July 1 — Aged 25, Norfatin Syakila Rosli quit her job as a banking executive to care for her newborn, after working just two years. She does not plan to return to work. For the young mother who hopes to have four to five children, a typical office job won’t […]
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