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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 (…)
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 (…)
Kerajaan Madani has thrown a spanner in the works of the civil service by ending the pension scheme. Although the current civil service staff will still receive their pensions when they retire, all those entering the service beginning February 1, 2024, will only benefit from the Employees (…)
KUCHING (July 9): Amendments to the Sarawak Labour Ordinance would be submitted to the Ministry of Human Resources (MoHR) upon the resolution of several provisions of the law set to be reached by this August, said Datuk Gerawat Gala.
According to the Deputy Minister in Sarawak Premier’s (…)
In being appointed Malaysia’s 10th prime minister in November 2022, Anwar Ibrahim made history by becoming the country’s first prime minister from a multiracial party. Despite Anwar’s unity government commanding the clear support of a majority of parliamentarians, including those of UMNO, the (…)
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 (…)
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 (…)
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