Kongres Kesatuan Sekerja Malaysia

Wage councils to ensure fair deal for workers

New Straits Times
2007/06/22

PETALING JAYA: The government will set up wage councils to determine fair wages
for sectors where workers are lowly paid, Human Resources Minister Datuk Seri
Dr Fong Chan Onn said yesterday.

Govt to forge labour pacts with Malaysia, UAE

2007-6-22

KATHMANDU, June 21: Minister of State for Labor and Transport Management, Ramesh
Lekhak has said bilateral labor agreement would be forged with Malaysia and
United Arab Emirates, the countries where Nepali workers are working in large
number.

Bank workers want pay rise too

The Star
By M.KRISHNAMOORTHY
Thursday June 21, 2007

KUALA LUMPUR: Banks employees want a pay rise following the increase in salary
for the Government’s clerical staff by 35%.

Ceriyati's Case Being Investigated, Says Malaysian Embassy

Bernama
By Mohd Nasir Yusoff
June 20, 2007 22:18 PM

JAKARTA, June 20 (Bernama) — The Malaysian embassy in Indonesia today assured
the husband of maid Ceriyati, who was believed to have been abused by her employer in Kuala Lumpur, that the case is under investigation and the wrongdoer is likely to face legal action.

(EN) Don't Picket, Najib Tells MTUC

Bernama

June 19, 2007 14:24 PM

PUTRAJAYA,
June 19 (Bernama) — Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak has told the Malaysian Trades
Union Congress (MTUC), the umbrella union body for nearly 8 million private sector
workers in the country, not to picket over demands for a minimum wage.

Perlaksanaan Gaji Minimum Di Malaysia: Suatu Pandangan

Oleh: Rafzan Ramli

Jun 2007

Sejak kebelakangan ini, kita sering terdengar dan terbaca di dalam
media cetak dan elektronik mengenai tuntutan agar dasar gaji minimum dilaksanakan
di Malaysia. Badan-badan yang berkaitan seperti Kongress Kesatuan Sekerja Malaysia
(MTUC), Kongres Kesatuan Pekerja-Pekerja Dalam Perkhidmatan Awam (CUEPACS) dan
beberapa Pertubuhan Bukan Kerajaan (NGO) dengan lantang menyuarakan tuntutan tersebut.
Tuntutan ini dirasakan semakin relevan apabila Perdana Menteri merealisasikan
tuntutan CUEPACS dengan mengeluarkan kenyataannya dalam perhimpunan hari pekerja
kakitangan awam di Putrajaya pada 21 May 2007 mengenai kenaikan gaji pokok dan
elaun bulanan kakitangan awam sebanyak 7.5% hingga 35% yang akan berkuatkuasa
pada 1 Julai 2007. Harus difahami bahawa pengumuman kenaikan gaji dan elaun kakitangan
awam yang dikeluarkan oleh Perdana Menteri ini bukanlah satu gagasan atau dasar
gaji minimum yang diperjuangkan oleh MTUC atau badan-badan organisasi yang lain.

Many untold stories of neglect, abuse: activist

Malaysiakini

Jun 19, 07 11:54am

The plight of an Indonesian maid who knotted pieces of cloth
together to flee the 15th-storey flat of her allegedly abusive Malaysian employer
was just the "tip of the iceberg", said an activist.

MTUC to picket if wage demand not met

New Straits Times

2007/06/19

PUTRAJAYA,
Tues:

The Malaysian Trades Union Congress has threatened to hold a nationwide
picket on Monday if the government fails to respond to its demand that the minimum
wage for private sector employees be fixed at RM900 a month.