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?
The Labour Department in Muar has promised to look into the issue of more than 500 unpaid and starving migrant workers abandoned by a bankrupt factory, the Johor branch of the Malaysian Trades Union Congress (MTUC) said today. “We have sent a letter to the department and will discuss the matter with them. Their officer […]
Losing their jobs after the factory they worked for went belly-up has turned out to be the worst of the worries for 531 migrant workers in Johor. Penniless after not being paid their wages for several months, the migrant workers now find that they owe three sundry shops, an eatery and Tenaga Nasional Bhd up […]
KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 13 (Bernama) — The Congress of Unions of Employees in the Public and Civil Services (Cuepacs) is calling on the government to make the bonus payment to civil servants on Dec 15, rather than in January. Its president, Azih Musa, said this would ease parents’ financial burden in preparing their children for […]
More than 500 factory migrant workers are now in a limbo because the factory that hired them has gone bankrupt and the owners are allegedly holding to their passports. Johor Malaysian Trade Union Congress (MTUC) secretary Mohanandas Krishnan said that the furniture factory in Ledang, closed its operations on Oct 1, without any prior notice […]
BY V. ANBALAGAN, ASSISTANT NEWS EDITOR Some seven million private sector workers who earn less than RM3,000 a month are no better off under Budget 2015 as it does not adequately address their financial concerns, the Malaysian Trade Union Congress said today. Expressing disappointment with the budget proposals tabled by the prime minister yesterday, its […]
KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 5 (Bernama) — The Malaysian Trades Union Congress (MTUC) has urged the government to continue encouraging private companies to set up a childcare centre or nursery at their workplace. Its secretary general N Gopal Krishnan said in this regard, the government should maintain the incentives that were pledged in the 2013 budget, […]
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