News
8 February 2006
Malaysiakini
Claudia Theophilus
Feb 8, 06 7:17pm
Two protests in as many days have convinced officials of the Malaysian Trades
Union Congress (MTUC) that workers from companies under Puncak Niaga Bhd are
being used to derail a campaign against the water-privatisation exercise.
Malaysiakini.com
Feb 8, 06 4:11pm
Making it compulsory for employers to bank in the wages of domestic workers
is only a piecemeal solution to the gamut of problems faced by domestic
workers, according to migrant rights group Tenaganita.
6 February 2006
Malaysiakini.com
Tony Thien
Feb 6, 06 4:53pm
Should the government turn its back on the olive branch offered by the Union of
Forestry Employees Sarawak (UFES), its president warns that the whole tree could
come crashing down.
24 January 2006
Bernama
January 24, 2006 14:23 PM
KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 24 (Bernama) — The number of workers who contributed to
the Social Security Organisation (Socso) as at end of last year reached 4.8
million, said Human Resources Minister Datuk Seri Dr Fong Chan Onn.
23 January 2006
The Star
Monday January 23, 2006
KOTA KINABALU: The Malaysian Trades Union Congress (MTUC) has called for a
tripartite dialogue between the government, employers and trade union representatives
to ensure that workers have a say in shaping policies affecting them.
22 January 2006
The Star
Sunday January 22, 2006
KUALA LUMPUR: The Indian Progressive Front (IPF) plans to form a Foreign Workers
Friendly Association (FWFA) to care for the welfare of foreigners working in
Malaysia.
20 January 2006
The Star
Friday January 20, 2006
IPOH: Nepalese workers of a plastic factory near Menglembu, who claimed they
were short-changed by their employer, held a three-hour sit-in protest after
six of their colleagues were deported.
19 January 2006
Malaysiakini.com
Pauline Puah
Jan 19, 06 9:39pm
An Indonesian construction worker was killed in a landslide near a construction
site in Taman Desa, Kuala Lumpur, this afternoon.