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?
JITRA, May 1 (Bernama) — Public servants involved in the protest gathering against the Goods and Services Tax (GST) at Dataran Merdeka in Kuala Lumpur today could be considered as traitors to the government and do not deserve to be called civil servants. Cuepacs president Azih Muda said civil servants involved in the gathering had […]
Winston Way KUCHING: The Malaysian Trade Union (MTUC) Sarawak has called for minimum wages in Sarawak and Sabah to be standardised with West Malaysia. The union said the current wage disparity did not augur well for the country in its drive to become a high income nation. “Despite Sarawak’s higher cost of living, the minimum […]
By Zahratulhayat Mat Arif JITRA: Chief Secretary to the Government Tan Sri Dr Ali Hamsa was awarded the Cuepacs Special Award in conjunction with the Civil Servants Labour Day celebration at Dewan Wawasan here today. Dr Ali Hamsa received a trophy, a certificate and cheque worth RM1,500 which was presented by Prime Minister Datuk Seri […]
KUALA LUMPUR: Wanita Umno has urged the government to reduce the cost of bringing in foreign maids to a maximum of RM5,000, from the current RM8,000. Its chief Datuk Seri Shahrizat Abdul Jalil said the cost is currently very high and burdening the employers, adding that the employer would lose a lot should the maid […]
Location: BUTTERWORTH The Malaysian Trades Union Congress (MTUC) has urged the Social Security Organisation (Socso) to provide 24-hour insurance coverage to its contributors as a large number of the country’s workforce cannot afford the high premiums. Penang MTUC chairman S. Ravindran said yesterday many of its members’ families were left in the lurch when their […]
FRIDAY, APRIL 25, 2014 – 13:37 PETALING JAYA — The Malaysian Trades Union Congress expects at least 100,000 participants comprising workers and representatives of non-governmental organisations (NGOs) to attend its May Day rally at Dataran Petaling Jaya on Thursday. The rally, which MTUC said would be peaceful, is to champion the rights of workers and […]
Haikal Jalil newsdesk@thesundaily.com PETALING JAYA: Some two million workers in Malaysia are still not being paid the minimum wage since the Minimum Wage Act came into force in January last year. Malaysian Trades Union Congress (MTUC) deputy president Abdullah Sani Abdul Hamid said the figure involves a workforce in some 60 to 100 companies in […]
BY BOO SU-LYN SUBANG JAYA, April 24 — The Malaysian Trades Union Congress (MTUC) announced today a May Day rally to protest against Putrajaya’s newly-approved consumption tax system and a US-led free trade agreement, among other workers’ rights issues. MTUC deputy president Abdullah Sani Abdul Hamid said that both the Goods and Services Tax (GST) […]
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