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?
KUALA LUMPUR, May 5 (Bernama) — Civil servants have a better understanding of the rationale and importance of implementing the Goods and Service Tax (GST) said Cuepacs president Azih Muda. Azih said the understanding was due to programmes organised by Cuepacs since last year to brief civil servants. “So far Cuepacs had carried out programmes […]
Workers’ rights in Malaysia have been eroding since Merdeka, with workers today being modern day slaves in the master-servant relationship. To an extent, we workers are to be blamed for this situation. We have not stood united and fought the oppressive tactics of employers and governments. The trade union movement is the one movement that […]
PETALING JAYA, May 4 (Bernama) — The Malaysian Trades Union Congress (MTUC) today called on the Labour Department to strictly enforce the 60-year retirement age for private sector employees that came into force on July 1 last year. Its deputy secretary-general, A. Balasubramaniam, said the congress had received complaints that many companies were not complying […]
Karen Arukesamy PETALING JAYA: The livelihood of workers is still being sidelined despite development in the country, the Malaysian Trades Union Congress (MTUC) said. Although there are many laws that have been enacted to protect the welfare of workers, MTUC pointed out that the provisions are amended from time to time to slowly erode workers’ […]
Elly Fazaniza PETALING JAYA: Selangor Mentri Besar Tan Sri Abdul Khalid Ibrahim today announced that the Malaysian Trades Union Congress (MTUC) would be allocated a 1.2 hectare land to establish its training centre. The announcement, which was made during his brief speech at MTUC’s Labour Day celebration, caught MTUC president Mohd Khalid Atan by surprise […]
Adrian Phung PETALING JAYA: The Union Network International-Malaysia Labour Centre (UNI-MLC) has submitted a memorandum to Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Abdul Razak, urging him to consider having its representatives sit in 11 agencies under Human Resources and other ministries. The memorandum was handed to the general-secretary of the Transport Workers Union, Tan Sri Zainal […]
Edmund Lee GEORGE TOWN: Police have considered the planned anti-GST (Goods and Services Tax) rally in Butterworth on Labour Day as illegal. State police chief Datuk Abdul Rahim Hanafi said they did not receive any application for a permit to hold the rally from the organiser. Speaking to reporters after launching a crime prevention programme […]
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