Kongres Kesatuan Sekerja Malaysia

DILEMA PEKERJA KONTRAK

Oleh: Rafzan Ramli

30 Julai 2007

Seperti biasa, saya dan rakan sekerja akan duduk bersama menikmati minum petang
setelah selesai bekerja shif pagi pada jam 4 petang. Hari ini teman saya asyik
tersenyum gembira setelah menerima surat dari ibu pejabat. Saya cuba mencungkil
apa yang tersirat di sebalik raut wajah kegembiraannya. Akhirnya dia membuka
cerita, "Aku dah diserapkan ke status pekerja tetap lah", ujarnya
sambil menunjukkan surat rasmi yang diterimanya. Teman saya ini sudah bekerja
di syarikat melebihi dua tahun. Beliau telah mula bekerja dengan status pekerja
kontrak selama setahun dan kemudian, kontraknya diperbaharui setiap tahun.

Outsourcing firms woes of Bangladeshi workers

The Daily Star
Finds HR organisation
Porimol Palma

Mon. July 30, 2007

The outsourcing companies are largely responsible for high migration cost and
exploitation of Bangladeshi workers in Malaysia, a survey by a renowned human
rights organisation of the Southeast Asian nation revealed.

Trade unions mull pickets over minimum wage

July 29 2007

THE Malaysian Trade Union Congress (MTUC) is contemplating holding another
round of pickets throughout the country on August 8 to press for the minimum
wage in the private sector to be set at RM900 a month and also Cost of Living
Allowance (COLA) of RM300 for the workers in it.

THAILAND AND MALAYSIA GUILTY OF CONTRAVENING THE HUMAN RIGHTS OF MIGRANT WORKERS

Pattaya Daily News
July 26, 2007 :: 18:27:01

The
current policy towards foreign migrant workers as practised by Thailand and
Malaysia comes dangerously near contravening Article 13 of the Universal Declaration
of Human Rights, which states that freedom of movement of the individual is
a basic human right.

The estimate of foreign workers, largely employed in menial jobs, in both countries
is about 2.8 million. Both governments are at present proposing to limit their
freedom, of movement by totally confining the foreign workers to their places
of work and imposing further draconian measures upon them.

Syed Shahir: Treat all workers as human beings

Malaysiakini

Su Hui Hsing | Jul 25, 07 11:32am

FIGHTING for a cause is definitely a long and arduous process laden with discouraging unknowns and grim prospects, the scariest of which is that all the hard work will be in vain. The odyssey of a trade or labour union is also, aptly put, laborious.

Fong: Minimum wage will bring deluge of foreigners

The Star
By LOONG MENG YEE
Wednesday July 25, 2007

KUALA LUMPUR: The Government fears a potential huge influx of foreign workers
in certain sectors should it adopt the RM900 monthly minimum wage and RM300
cost of living allowance (Cola) advocated by MTUC.

Reducing The Dependence On Foreign Workforce

Bernama
A Special Report By Melati Mohd Ariff
July 24, 2007 11:14 AM

KUALA LUMPUR, July 24 (Bernama) — At present there are about two million foreign workers in our country. This is the statement made by the Internal Security Deputy Minister Datuk Fu Ah Kiow.

Mier: Growing unemployment a matter of concern

The Star
By SHARON LING
Monday July 23, 2007

KUCHING: The Malaysian Institute of Economic Research (Mier) has identified
growing unemployment as one of the concerns facing the economy.