New Straits Times
2007/06/27
IT cannot be said that the Malaysian Trades Union Congress did not give advance
notice of its intention to picket.
Bernama
From Ahmad Fuad Yahya
June 26, 2007 15:43 PM
ROME, June 26 (Bernama) — Malaysian Prime Minister Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad
Badawi on Tuesday advised the Malaysian Trades Union Congress (MTUC) to resolve
its issues of a minimum wage and higher allowance through negotiation and not
by any action that could be damaging to workers.
Malaysiakini
Jun 26, 07 12:09pm
More than 1,000 abused or unpaid Indonesian workers seek refuge at their embassy
in Malaysia every year, a top official said as a row over labour conditions
continued.
New Straits Times
By : Shahrum Sayuthi, Azura Abas and Adie Suri Zulkefli
2007/06/26
KUALA LUMPUR: Despite the deputy prime minister advising parties not to adopt
a confrontational approach to solve problems, pickets organised by the Malaysian
Trades Union Congress were held yesterday in various parts of the country.
The Star
By SARBAN SINGH
Tuesday June 26, 2007
SEREMBAN: The Malaysian Trades Union Congress should be practical and drop
its demand of a RM900 minimum wage for all private sector employees, said Human
Resources Minister Datuk Seri Fong Chan Onn.
Tuesday, June 26, 2007
Fadli, The Jakarta Post, Tanjung Pinang
Hundreds of illegal Indonesian migrants deported from Malaysia for not holding
the correct work permit were marched in line to the Sri Bintan Pura Port in
Tanjung Pinang, Riau Islands province on the weekend.
The Star
Tuesday June 26, 2007
At the Dewan Rakyat
Reports by ELIZABETH LOOI, ZULKIFLI ABD RAHMAN AND FLORENCE A. SAMY
It costs RM37mil to set up and operate the biometric and monitoring system
for foreign workers.
New Straits Times
By : Dean Dinesh
2007/06/26
GELANG PATAH: Five Bangladeshi factory workers have mysteriously disappeared
five days after they made public allegations that they and 300
colleagues were beaten and made to perform forced labour in Malaysia.
