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The Malaysian Trade Unions Congress (MTUC) has hit out at Human Resources Minister M Saravanan for once again urging Malaysians to take up any jobs including low-wage positions in the dirty, dangerous and difficult sectors.
Rather than urging Malaysians to take up low-wage jobs, MTUC (...)
Hospital cleaners in Malaysia have faced decades of low pay, hostile working environments and apathy from their employers. Now on the front lines of the fight against COVID-19, they are taking to the streets to battle years of injustice.
Good morning Dear Minxi. Final date is 2/6/2020. No (...)
We, the 56 undersigned organisations, groups and trade unions are concerned about the lack of obvious enforcement and prosecution of employers, contractors, developers including directors and CEOs when they violate laws meant to ensure worker safety and health, even during this movement control (...)
With the outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic, the challenges facing healthcare personnel are slowly falling under the media spotlight. There is, however, another group of people in the government hospitals who stay in the shadows, risking their lives just to ensure that the patients and medical (...)
LETTER | In the last week or so, we have been hearing exchanges from the human resources minister and the MTUC on the recently passed Industrial Relations Act amendments in Parliament. In an unprecedented scenario, both workers’ unions and bosses’ unions seemed to agree against these reforms. We (...)
The Malaysian Trades Union Congress (MTUC) and the Malaysian Employers Federation (MEF) have been, almost on all occasions, advocating opposing views on the review of labour-related laws and matters related to these laws.
That is expected as we, MTUC, represent the interest of the working population, while the MEF represents the employers.
However, in an almost unprecedented move, MEF has elected to parrot the MTUC’s demand that the amendments to the Industrial Relations Act 1967, (...)
PETALING JAYA: The Malaysian Trades Union Congress (MTUC) has denied the government’s accusation that it was against the ratification of the International Labour Organisation Convention 87 (C87).
Describing the human resources ministry as “stooping very low,” MTUC secretary-general J Solomon (...)
On this year’s auspicious May Day, Prime Minister Dr Mahathir Mohamad made a statement to Malaysian workers. He told them that it is better for them to take 3D (dirty, dangerous and difficult) jobs than remaining jobless.
What profound concern from a prime minister who hardly gave a damn about (...)
On this year’s auspicious May Day, Tun Mahathir made a statement to Malaysia workers. He told them; it is better for them to take a 3D job then remaining jobless. What a profound concern from a Prime Minister who hardly gave a damn about workers. The worst message a worker can get on may day is (...)
Let me talk about my interaction with around 70 cleaners who attended a retreat in Camp Perasaan near Taiping last weekend...
In recent weeks, we have been occupied with the question of whether the UN Special Rapporteur on Extreme Poverty and Human Rights, Philip Alston’s claim is correct or (...)
All 100,000 taxi drivers and e-hailing services driversnationwide are targeted to be covered under Socso from next year.
Human Resources Minister M Kula Segaran, said so far only 7,000 or seven percent of all taxi drivers and e-hailing services are making contributions towards Socso through (...)
On behalf of the Public Hospital Support Workers Union, the Socialist Party of Malaysia (PSM) launched an international appeal for fund contributions for their union activities. Today, cleaning workers employed by NS Medik (sub-contractor of cleaning services) manged to get more than 50% of (...)
The Malaysian Trade Union Congress (MTUC), several other trade unions and the Malaysian Socialist Party (PSM) have slammed as “humiliating” and “beggarly” the new Pakatan Harapan (Alliance of Hope) federal government’s announcement that it would increase the country’s minimum wage by just RM50 (...)
The announcement made by Prime Minister Dr Mahathir Mohamad in announcing a minimum wage of RM1,050 across the board is a total sellout and humiliation to the low-income workers of Malaysia.
During Mahathir’s 22 years as prime minister, he never allowed a minimum wage law to be legislated, in (...)
Organising Migrant Domestic Workers in Malaysia: Challenges in Revitalisation
A Case Study by Verna Dinah Q. Viajar
By any measure, Foreign Domestic Workers (FDW) in Malaysia have it pretty bad. Most of the women work backbreaking hours, seven days a week. Many are beaten regularly and (...)
In 2005, the Malaysian Trades Union Congress (MTUC) embarked on an ambitious agenda to represent and organize domestic workers, despite them being legally and culturally considered non-workers and servants. Due to the exclusion of domestic workers from the local industrial relations and the (...)
Before MTUC could represent migrant and domestic workers, its leadership and members needed to change their mindset, with the Malaysian public traditionally seeing migrant labourers as taking away jobs.
By any measure, Foreign Domestic Workers (FDW) in Malaysia have it pretty bad. Most of the (...)
Bersih 5.0 rally for clean elections in Malaysia. Photos by Alex Bainbridge.
The Bersih 5.0 demonstration for clean elections in Malaysia made a huge splash despite threats of serious repression. The night before the demonstration at least ten prominent figures (including key organisers of the (...)
Protesters march in Kuala Lumpur just hours after activists and opposition leaders were arrested in a government crackdown.
Thousands of anti-government protesters marched in Malaysia’s capital on Saturday demanding the resignation of the prime minister, Najib Razak, over his alleged (...)
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MALAYSIA: PSM leader arrested in police crackdown on BERSIH rally
18 November 2016
Arutchelvan, Central Committee Member of Parti Sosialis Malaysia (PSM) was arrested this evening as part of police crackdown on the eve of BERSIH 5 rally.
Coalition for Free and Fair Election (...)
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