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, by PAN Eu Joe
Kuala Lumpur: More than 1,500 people gathered outside Pasar Seni [market] today to take part in a Labour Day rally, calling for better workers’ rights and reforms. The rally carried the theme ‘Workers are the pillars of the country: Raise salaries, not burdens’.
Dressed largely in black, white (…)
As a Muslim and elected MP for Bukit Bendera – where the Songkran Music Festival is slated to be held – I find it necessary to speak up against Penang Pas’ sudden urge to “protect public morality” by banning a longstanding cultural celebration.
Penang has long stood as a beacon of (…)
, by DEVARAJ (Dr) Michael Jeyakumar
To fund social services, hift the tax burden from ordinary Malaysians to the big corporations.
One other reason for voting a PSM candidate is because the PSM consistently asks the relevant questions.
There are many NGOs and other civil groups proposing schemes and programs designed to (…)
, by Free Malaysia Today
PSM says many residents living in rundown units are poor families renting properties at low rates due to unaffordable housing elsewhere.
PETALING JAYA: Parti Sosialis Malaysia (PSM) has called on the government to consider tenants whose homes might be affected by the Urban Renewal Act (URA), (…)
The PSM-Muda alliance may face an uphill battle, but its candidacy represents a bold attempt to challenge the status quo.
As the Ayer Kuning by-election approaches, much of the mainstream narrative dismisses the potential of the Parti Sosialis Malaysia (PSM)-Muda alliance. Analysts predict a (…)
, by FERNANDEZ-CHUNG Rozilini Mary
The recent integrity crisis at Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM), culminating in the resignation of its vice-chancellor, has exposed the decay that has long affected higher education in Malaysia.
The UKM scandal reflects a broader crisis where university leadership is determined not by (…)
, by DEVARAJ (Dr) Michael Jeyakumar
Let’s start by reflecting on the term ‘food security’
What should this mean to the planning departments in government agencies? How should national planners evaluate the status of the country’s food supply ‘security’? Is it by listing the self-sufficiency levels of common food items consumed (…)
, by DEVARAJ (Dr) Michael Jeyakumar
I would like to start off by inviting everyone to reflect on the term “Food Security”. What should this mean to the planning departments in government agencies? How should national planners evaluate the status of our “security” with respect to food supply in our country? Is it by listing the (…)
, by NASRIKAH
Domestic workers in Malaysia face major challenges because they are not protected by a legal umbrella. Formally, the labor law has changed the status of domestic workers from ‘servants’ to ‘domestic employees’. In theory, this change should acknowledge domestic workers as workers. However, in (…)
, by RAJA Narmatha
Glorene Das says foreign workers already face systemic discrimination despite their significant contribution to the economy.
PETALING JAYA: The reduction of EPF contribution rates for foreign workers from 12% to 2% raises serious concerns about their financial security and social protection, (…)
, by Aliran
The ongoing genocide of thousands of Palestinian innocents, including women, children and other non-combatants, by the Israeli military in Gaza could only take place with the complicity and active support of the US government and military.
We therefore note with great dismay that the Malaysian (…)
, by Aliran
We, the undersigned Malaysian trade unions, call on the “Madani” government to reform the minimum wage order to bring benefit to senior workers who have contributed greatly to the country’s economic growth over the past few decades.
The majority of these workers started with a salary of RM500 (…)
, by Sisters in Islam
On Friday, 26 December, Malaysia endured a grave stain on its Sharia justice system as Mohd Affendi Awang, a 42-year-old carpenter and father of five, was subjected to the barbaric and degrading punishment of public caning for the offense of khalwat (close proximity) under Terengganu’s amended (…)
, by DEVARAJ (Dr) Michael Jeyakumar
Certain quarters in Malaysia are pushing for market-driven mechanisms to cut carbon emissions and transition to a low-carbon economy.
And they are being given a platform to do so by parties who should know better. The Star, for example, featured a write-up extolling the benefits of carbon (…)
, by KAUR Minderjeet
Party chairman Dr Michael Jeyakumar Devaraj says taxpayers should not be burdened with the full cost of such projects, especially on the east coast.
PETALING JAYA: Parti Sosialis Malaysia (PSM) has called on logging companies to contribute a percentage of their profits to the government to be (…)
, by SOODIN Amy
Rohingya girls as young as 12 are being forced into marriage in Malaysia, escaping dire conditions in Bangladesh refugee camp
Nor Anis Syazwani collects preliminary health data upon patients’ arrival at an MSF mobile clinic in Penang, Malaysia. Photo: Steven Ooi/MSF
Sometimes, Nilufah* and (…)
, by Aliran
Last week, the Socialist Party of Malaysia (PSM) and the Government Contract Workers Network (JPKK) submitted a memorandum to Human Resource Minister Steven Sim, urging the government to increase the minimum wage to RM2,000. (Currently, the minimum wage is set at RM1,500.)
Earlier in March, (…)
, by The Vibes
THE International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC)-Asia Pacific has called on Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim to immediately intervene and address alleged union-busting actions against the National Union of Bank Employees (NUBE).
In a letter addressed to the Prime Minister, ITUC (…)
, by CHEE Sarah, CHUA Samuel
JPKK project consultant Sivarajan Arumugam claims the government is going against its own laws by ‘disguising’ permanent positions as fixed-term contract roles.
KUALA LUMPUR: The government must stop the practice of outsourcing to third parties the hiring of contract workers in order to (…)
, by CHUNG Nicholas, REZA Danish Raja
They say unions would be able to flag labour rights violations which migrants may not be aware of.
PETALING JAYA: Allowing Indonesian migrant workers to freely join unions in Malaysia will improve their welfare while working here, say migrant rights activists.
North-South Initiative (…)
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