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?
PETALING JAYA, Dec 27 (Bernama) — The Malaysian Trades Union Congress (MTUC) today proposed a RM300 per month cost of living allowance (COLA) for all the 10 million private sector workers in view of the escalating cost of living. Its President, Khalid Atan, told bernama that it was essential for the government to introduce the […]
By Matt Blomberg and Khy Sovuthy – December 24, 2013 The Ministry of Labor hopes that a new Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) will see Cambodia resume sending domestic workers to Malaysia by February, but negotiations on the document have stalled after Malaysia recently rejected 90 percent of proposed provisions to protect workers’ rights. Most strikingly, […]
MARAN, Dec 24 (Bernama) — The government has not finalised the recruitment process for domestic maids from Indonesia and discussion on the matter with the Indonesian government is still on-going. Human Resource Deputy Minister Datuk Ismail Abdul Mutalib said several aspects still needed to be studied before the process could be finalised to ensure that […]
Guo Biying newsdesk@thesundaily.com KUALA LUMPUR (Dec 23, 2013): The issue of maids running away from their respective employers could be resolved if Malaysian Association of Foreign Maid Agencies (Papa) and Indonesian Manpower Services Association (Apjati) come up with a more affordable hiring scheme. MCA public complaints bureau head Datuk Seri Michael Chong told theSun that […]
Elly Fazaniza newsdesk@thesundaily.com PUTRAJAYA (Dec 23, 2013): The Malaysian Association of Foreign Maids (Papa) said the government’s endorsement to allow foreign maids from Indonesia into the country did not mean that the latter was out to monopolise the maids’ market. It’s president Jeffrey Foo told theSun today that the government’s agreement with Indonesia should not […]
PETALING JAYA, Dec 23 (Bernama) — A more united, concerted and coordinated effort to fight for the rights of workers will be the order of the day for the newly-elected Malaysian Trades Union Congress (MTUC) team. Its second term president, Khalid Atan told Bernama today that his new team comprising talented individuals in various fields […]
BY PATRICK LEE KUALA LUMPUR: Incumbent MTUC president Mohd Khalid Atan retained his post at the triennial delegates conference on Sunday. The deputy’s post was won by PKR unionist Abdullah Sani Abdul Hamid. Mohd Khalid received 297 votes to beat incumbent secretary-general Abdul Halim Mansor who garnered 173 votes. The race for the deputy president’s […]
Name Union Vote Rec’d Spoilt Votes Total President Mohd Khalid Bin Atan TEUPM 297 Abdul Halim Bin Mansor NUPCIW 173 Total 470 3 473 Deputy President YB Abdullah Sani Bin Abdul Hamid CEUPM 213 Abdul Razak Bin Md Hassan RUM 175 Mohd Jabarullah Bin Abdul Kadir MASEU 84 Total 472 1 473 Secretary General Gopal […]
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