Posted in Labour on Jun 27th, 2007 No Comments »
Najib sounded upset when he was asked to respond to the picket by MTUC. The government argues that minimum wage would be resulting a negative impact on economic growth.
This is in fact utter nonsense.
Firstly, implementing a policy to ensure minimum wage for private sector workers does not means a huge rise in wages. The […]
Posted in Labour, Current Issues on Jun 26th, 2007 No Comments »
The Malaysian Trades Union Congress (MTUC) called a nationwide picket from 17:00hr to 18.30hr today (25 June). Throughout the country, union members gathered at at least 15 places to express their demand for the government to implement minimum wage and cost of living allowance (COLA).
Last week 18 June, MTUC sent a delegation led by […]
Posted in Activities, Labour on May 7th, 2007 1 Comment »
This year is the third consequntive year MTUC held its May Day Gathering in Dataran Merdeka. About 2000 workers assembled from 20:00hr to 22:30hr on May 1. This year, the crowd was much larger than past years and attended by a large contigency of migrant workers.
Last year, MTUC began actively organizing migrant workers. The […]
Posted in Viewpoint, Labour, Interview on Jan 23rd, 2007 1 Comment »
The following article is published in the Sun and Sun2Surf, Tuesday, 23 Jan 2007.
The reporter Pauline interviewed me last week in my capacity of the director of Labour Resource Center (LRC), my labour hat. It is true that our laws are highly inadequate to protect employees. All of us know that reform is needed […]
Posted in Activities, Labour on Jan 6th, 2007 No Comments »
National Union of Bank Employees (NUBE) held its 1st Extraordinary Delegates Conference on Saturday 6 January. This is the first official gathering the union delegates since the suspension of the union some 6 years ago.
The NUBE leadership decided to invite the ex-Finance Minister Anwar Ibrahim to officiate the conference on the evening of 5 January. […]
Posted in Activities, Labour on Dec 29th, 2006 No Comments »
I took a quick trip to Bangkok for a training organized by ICEM. Bro. Yoon who is the project coordinator of ICEM Asia-Pacific invited Labour Resource Center to join the workshop on international labour standard. The one-day workshop was prepared for the trade union of the Thailand Chemical Industry.
I was asked to do an one-hour […]
Posted in Activities, Labour on Dec 9th, 2006 No Comments »
A unionist friend from Korea Yoon Hyowon came to visit. Yoon was a young labour activist of Korean Labour and Society Institute (KLSI). He is now the coordinator of Asia-Pacific programs for International Chemical, Energy, Mine and General Workers’ Union (ICEM).
I got to know him from a meeting of ICEM in Kuala Lumpur a few […]
Posted in Activities, Labour on Nov 25th, 2006 No Comments »
November 24: Having tea with some overseas friends at Kg Baru. They are here to attend a conference organised by Committee for Asian Women (CAW). In the picture are friends from the Philippines, Indonesia and Nepal. They are activists in women workers movement in their respective countries and at international level.
On my left is Carla […]
Posted in Activities, Labour on Oct 19th, 2006 No Comments »
The picket was led by Sdr. Shafie Mamal, who is the General Secretary of National Union of Telecommunication Employees (NUTE). Syed Shahir, President of Malaysian Trades Union Congress (MTUC) attended the picket to express solidarity.
Below: Shafie Mamal (first left); Syed Shahir (2nd left)
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The campaign against the outsourcing of Telekom call centers […]
Posted in Activities, Labour on Oct 18th, 2006 No Comments »
Telekom workers went for picket on 17 October in three loction. One was held in Menara Telekom in Bangsar KL. The action was a follow-up from last week picket.
Telekom workers are protesting against the privatisation of certain sections. This will be resulting employees in these sections losing their rights as union members. Further, as one […]