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?
Aidila Razak | 9:32AM Nov 14, 2013 National airline Malaysia Airlines (MAS) has suspended the president of the National Union of Flight Attendants Malaysia (Nufam), Ismail Nasaruddin, for a statement he made to the media against MAS chief executive officer Ahmad Jauhari Yahya, pending a domestic inquiry. Ismail was suspended without allowances with immediate effect […]
The Malaysian Trade Union Congress (MTUC) wants former human resources minister Datuk Seri Dr S. Subramaniam to face the Parliamentary Labour Caucus over a report he made to the International Labour Organisation (ILO).
PENANG MTUC has called on the state government to formulate an action plan to deal with the prospect of more retrenchments. Referring to a report which quoted Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng as saying that the global economy was growing at a slower rate than earlier forecast, state MTUC secretary K. Veeriah said such a […]
By Khy Sovuthy – November 2, 2013 The Cambodian and Malaysian governments will sign a memorandum of understanding (MoU) within three months that will restart the business of sending Cambodian domestic workers to the country after a two-year moratorium, a Labor Ministry official said Friday. After meeting with representatives from the Malaysian Home Ministry earlier […]
By Dene-Hern Chen and Eang Mengleng – October 31, 2013 Malaysia has not yet received a draft agreement aimed at protecting Cambodian migrant domestic workers from abuse, but the government is pressing Cambodia to lift its two-year moratorium on sending maids, a Malaysian official said Wednesday. In October 2011, Prime Minister Hun Sen imposed a […]
By Eang Mengleng – October 29, 2013 One thousand Cambodian women will be sent each month to work as domestic workers in Malaysia after a long-awaited agreement between the two countries is inked, thus ending Cambodia’s two-year moratorium on the trade, Malaysian state media reported Monday. According to Malaysian news agency Bernama, Home Minister Ahmad […]
Winston Way | October 28, 2013 KUCHING: Sarawak MTUC is disappointment at the lack of allocation in Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak’s Budget 2014 to further develop the productivity levels of local Sarawak labour. Its secretary, Andrew Lo said that in terms of private sector workforce, there was nothing much to shout about in the […]
By Anas Alam Faizli Malaysia’s current socio economic structure can be summed up in four words, “Rich Malaysia, Poor Malaysians.” Malaysia is blessed with abundant natural resources with petroleum being the most precious. Add the land, other commodity resources, large youthful population and the country has all the essential ingredients to flourish. How then did […]
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