NEW MTUC GENERAL SECRETARY - GOPAL KRISHNAM

DIMANA KEDUDUKAN ANDA .......

Jobs and livelihoods at the heart of the post-2015 development agenda

Jobs and livelihoods at the heart of the post-2015 development agenda

Tangguh gaji minimum dalam IKS tak masuk akal kata bekas presiden MTUC.

KUALA LUMPUR, 27 Mac — Senator Syed Shahir bin Syed Mohamud mengecam tindakan kerajaan menangguhkan pelaksanaan gaji mininum keatas pekerja asing yang bekerja dalam Industri Kecil dan Sederhana (IKS), mendakwa ianya menindas pekerja serta menuduh kerajaan gagal menepati janji.

Merujuk kepada laporan dalam akhbar New Straits Times pada 20 Mac 2013 bertajuk ‘SMEs may defer minimum wages for foreign workers until Dec 31', bekas presiden Kongres Kesatuan Sekerja Malaysia (MTUC) itu berkata langkah tersebut sama sekali melanggari Akta Pekerja Seksyen 60 (L) 1955.

EPF to increase foreign investments up to 23% of total assets

KUALA LUMPUR (March 26, 2013): The Employees Provident Fund (EPF) will continue with its aggressive stance on foreign investments by growing the portfolio to between 21% and 23% of its total assets within the next one to two years, from 17% currently its deputy CEO for investment Datuk Shahril Ridza Ridzuan said.

Retaining women employees: Employers need to be flexible

There is constant competition for the best skills and talent to manage organisations. Women, who make up approximately half of the global population, are looked upon as assets that can help accelerate the value chain for aspiring economies. A challenge faced by organisations across the world today is to retain qualified and professional women in the workforce. Whilst there is a large pool of women entering the workforce upon graduation, only a handful remain to take up positions in the higher level management of organisations.

Strike ending: Union updates members before resuming work at Nippon mill Monday

Unionized employees of the Nippon Paper Industries USA mill file into a meeting at the Moose Lodge in Port Angeles on Saturday for a briefing by the Association of Western Pulp & Paper Workers. -- Photo by Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News

Socso to give RM20 daily allowance

KUALA LUMPUR: The Social Security Organisation (Socso) will provide contributors who undergo physical and vocational rehabilitation under the "Return to Work" programme with a RM20 daily allowance.

S&O factory workers hold peaceful PICKET (22 MARCH 2013)

SOME 700 factory workers of S&O (formerly Sharp & Roxy) held a peaceful demonstration in front of their factory in Bakar Arang Industrial Estate in Sungai Petani as they were unhappy with their salary review.Electronic Factory Workers Union spokesman N. Balakrishnan said the management had only agreed to a 3.5% salary increase while the union had asked for 5%.

COMMISSION URGES EU COUNTRIES TO IMPLEMENT ILO DOMESTIC WORKERS CONVENTION

The European Commission has presented a proposal for a Council Decision authorising EU countries to ratify the International Labour Organisation 2011 Convention concerning decent work for domestic workers (Convention No. 189).

PERJUMPAAN DENGAN TIMBALAN KETUA MENTERI II P.PINANG 20 March 2013

PERJUMPAAN DENGAN KETUA MENTERI II PULAU PINANG ANTARA YB SENATOR TUAN SYED SHAHIR, NUTEAIW DAN MTUC BAHAGIAN PULAU PINANG : - ANTARA ISU YANG DIBINCANGKAN TENTANG PENUTUPAN OPERASI SEBUAH KILANG DI PRAI SELEPAS BEROPERASI SELAM 40 TAHUN SERTA ISU ISU SEMASA KAUM PEKERJA DI MALAYSIA, KHAS NYA DI PULAU PINANG SERTA PROGRAM MAY DAY YANG AKAN DIADAKAN, DALAM PERJUMPAAN YG SAMA JUGA KITA TELAH MELAHIRKAN KEKESALAN DI ATAS KENYATAAN KETUA MENTERI MENGENAI GAJI MINIMUM PAKATAN RAKYAT RM 1100 UNTUK PEKERJA TEMPATAN SAHAJA SEDANG PERJUAGAN MTUC ADALAH UNTUK GAJI MINIMUM KEPADA SEMUA PEKERJA.

Petrotrin workers forced back to work after strike

On 13 March, thousands of employees of the state-owned oil company Petrotrin, members of the Oil Workers Trade Union (OWTU), affiliated to IndustriALL Global Union, stopped work and demonstrated in front of the company's offices in Point-a-Pierre, Trinidad and Tobago, to protest at the company's failure to comply with the terms of the collective agreement signed one year ago.

MAJIKAN DIARAH BAYAR BALIK PAMPASAN RM 885 000

Victory: Jailed union leaders freed

Some good news: two trade union leaders who were unjustly jailed have at long last been freed. The International Union of Foodworkers has announced that Basile Mahan Gahé, general secretary of the national trade union center Dignité in the Ivory Coast, was finally freed from prison and has resumed his union duties.  According to the IUF, "Basile warmly thanked all those in the international labour movement who fought for his release."

100 Nepali workers stopped from holding protest over minimum wage

MUAR: About 100 workers from Nepal were arrested after information was received that they were planning to hold an illegal protest to demand for their wages.

Police detained the workers at several places in town while others were picked up at roadblocks here Sunday.

EPF announces 2013/2014 list of fund management institutions, unit trust funds

KUALA LUMPUR, March 18 (Bernama) -- The Employees Provident Fund (EPF) has published the 2013/2014 List of Fund Management Institutions (FMI) and unit trust funds for the EPF Members Investment Scheme (EPF-MIS).

The list will be effective for the period of April 1, 2013 until March 31, 2014, Public Relations General Manager Nik Affendi Jaafar said in a statement today.

MTUC wants foreign maids to have protection under the law

KUALA LUMPUR, March 9 — The Malaysian Trades Union Congress (MTUC) today called on the government to extend the coverage of the Employment Act 1955 to the 200,000 foreign maids in the country. 

Its president, Mohd Khalid Atan, said the maids were not covered by the act and were subject to abuse by employers. 

In a statement in conjunction with International Women's Day, he said the MTUC had submitted a memorandum to the Human Resources Ministry on the matter.

International Women's Day is celebrated on March 8. 

Mohd Khalid said the maids would be able to get legal protection and assistance if they were covered by the act. — Bernama

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MTUC: Workers may demonstrate over minimum wage delay

KUALA LUMPUR : The Malaysian Trades Union Congress (MTUC) warns the government of a possible demonstration by local and migrant workers if the Cabinet allows the minimum wage for foreign workers to be postponed.

MTUC "will not allow the deferment to happen", its president Mohd Khalid Atan told fz.com in a phone interview, as it believes that it is grossly unfair to have two different policies for workers in Malaysia.

"Why are we discriminating against the migrant workers? They come here and do the same job and have the same responsibilities as our local workers. All this while we heard the SME groups have been demonstrating here and there.

"We heard they have demonstrated even in front of the Ministry. Because of this, the government is backtracking whatever has been decided and is bowing down to the demand of the SMEs. The workers group and foreign workers have our rights too.

Socso to give RM20 a day for those undergoing rehabilitation

KUALA LUMPUR: The Social Security Organisation (Socso) will provide contributors who undergo physical and vocational rehabilitation under the 'Return To Work' programme with a RM20 daily allowance, effective March 1.

Shortage of workers pushes wages above the minimum of RM800

KUCHING: The lack of construction labourers in Sarawak has driven the monthly pay of such workers to above the minimum wage of RM800.

However, a significant number of labourers are still daily paid workers, mostly without Employees Provident Fund (EPF) and Social Security (Socso) benefits.

Piket di KSM Putrajaya

Foreign workers on strike for minimum wage / Buruh asing mogok kerja demi gaji minimum

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Seramai kira-kira 500 orang pekerja asing dari sebuah kilang di Nilai, Negeri Sembilan mengadakan mogok dengan tidak bekerja bermula Jumaat lalu kerana menuntut gaji minimum sebanyak RM900.

Traumatised woman back on her feet through Socso's special programme

SHAH ALAM: Brutally abused by her husband and jobless for more than five years, mother of two Gomathy (not her real name) had completely hit rock bottom.

She had developed epileptic seizures, causing her to lose her job, after being pushed down the staircase by her abusive, alcoholic husband eight years ago.

MTUC PNG DIV PROGRAM FOR LABOUR DAY

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MTUC: Jobs aplenty in 3 sectors

KUALA LUMPUR: Prospective Malaysian employees should look at the construction, service and industrial sectors in the country in their bid to secure a job.

When work becomes a sexual battleground

To mark International Women’s Day on 8 March, which focuses on ‘violence against women’, the ILO is highlighting the issue of sexual harassment in the workplace – an often subtle but disturbing form of aggression.

MTUC wants foreign maids to be legally protected

KUALA LUMPUR : The Malaysian Trades Union Congress (MTUC) today called on the government to extend the coverage of the Employment Act 1955 to the 200,000 foreign maids in the country.

Its president, Mohd Khalid Atan, said foreign maids are not covered by the act and are subject to abuse by their employers.

In a statement in conjunction with the International Women's Day, he said MTUC had submitted a memorandum to the Human Resources Ministry on the matter.

International Women's Day is celebrated on March 8.

Mohd Khalid added that the maids would be able to get legal protection and assistance if they were covered by the act. – Bernama

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Socso raise age limit for invalidity pension from 55 to 60

MALACCA: The eligibility for invalidity pension for Social Security Organisation (Socso) members has been raised from 55-year-old to 60.

Socso chairman Datuk Abu Huraira Abu Yazid, said, the decision was parallel with the extension of the compulsory retirement age, under the Minimum Retirement Age Act 2012, which has been set at 60 instead of 55-years-old

 “With the set of new age limit, we hoped that the employees who are still fit to work, will come back and contribute."

Ex-EPF staff want benefits

KUALA LUMPUR: About 50 former Employees Provident Fund (EPF) staff members gathered in front of the headquarters here yesterday to hand over a memorandum demanding for the retirement benefits promised to them under the discontinued Staff Provident Fund (SPF).

They were among the 500 ex-employees who worked for more than 30 years claiming they had the right to SPF benefits totalling between RM100,000 and RM200,000.

Getting more self-employed to make EPF contributions

PETALING JAYA: The Employees Provident Fund has embarked on a four-week promotion blitz to get the self-employed and those without fixed income to contribute to the EPF through its 1Malaysia Retirement Savings Scheme.

Themed Self Employed? You Can Still Contribute to EPF and Retire Happy, EPF general manager for public relations Nik Affendi Jaafar said the advertising campaign aimed to encourage this sector to contribute voluntarily to the fund based on what they can afford.

MTUC HQ LABOUR BULLETIN FEBRUARY 2013

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MISC rises after EPF's expectations of higher takeover price

KUALA LUMPUR: Shares of MISC Bhd rose on Monday as investors' sentiment perked up after the Employees Provident Fund (EPF) said it was looking at a higher price from Petroliam Nasional Bhd (Petronas).

Khalid Atan: MTUC against en bloc deferral of minimum wage

Malaysian Trade Union Congress President, Khalid Atan says that the Congress is against en bloc applications by SMEs to defer implementation of minimum wage. Any application has to be on individual basis. 

Khalid also clarifies the events of the Feb 27th meeting with the National Wages Consultative Council (MPGN) that led to a walkout by SME representatives.

MTUC gugur setiausaha agung

[DIKEMAS KINI] SHAH ALAM - Kongres Kesatuan Sekerja Malaysia (MTUC) yang mengadakan mesyuarat khas majlis am memutuskan untuk menggugurkan Abdul Halim Mansor sebagai setiausaha agung badan induk kesatuan sekerja itu berkuat kuasa hari ini.

Keputusan itu diambil selaras dengan peruntukan Seksyen 10(5) Perlembagaan MTUC di mana setiausaha agung boleh ditamatkan perkhidmatan meskipun dipilih pada persidangan perwakilan tiga tahun sekali atas alasan gagal menunaikan tugas dan tanggungjawab dengan memuaskan.

DailyNews Online Edition - ILO in bid to generate youth labour market information

DailyNews Online Edition - ILO in bid to generate youth labour market information

EPF lifts Malaysian loan volume

Malaysia’s state-owned pension fund is emerging as an unlikely driver of offshore financing opportunities for Asian lenders, as it continues its overseas acquisitions.

MTUC opposes SME minimum wage deferment

PETALING JAYA: Malaysian Trades Union Congress (MTUC) opposes the request by businessmen in the small-and-medium enterprises (SMEs) to defer the National Minimum Wage Order.

MTUC president Mohd Khalid Atan said the request should be ignored as not all companies were experiencing low profits.

EPF Wants More for MISC Stake Following $2.8 Billion Buyout Bid

Petroliam Nasional Bhd. should increase its 8.8 billion-ringgit ($2.8 billion) buyout offer for Malaysian shipping group MISC Bhd. (MISC), its biggest minority shareholder said.

Jelajah Piket CIMB Cheng, Melaka

EIWU / SHARP PICKET, PRESS STATEMENT AND VIDEO PICKET

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S&O Electronics workers picket for salary adjustment 

The members of the Electrical Industries Workers Union (EIWU) from S&O Electronics (M) Sdn. Bhd (formerly known as Sharp-Roxy Corporation)  formed picket lines in front of the factory yesterday, following the dead-lock in the new collective agreement negotiation.

The union entered negotiations with S&O Electronics for the eleventh collective agreement at Sungai Petani’s Park Avenue hotel.

However, the negotiation fell through when the union officials walked out in protest of the salary adjustment clause of the collective agreement.

The collective agreement between S&O Electronics and EIWU renewed every three years.

According to the EIWU’s Senior Industrial Relations officer N Balakrishnan, the union brought down their demand of 12% to 5% of salary adjustments, and the negotiation reached a deadlock when the company were insistent on salary adjustment of 3.5%.

“We are hoping the company will get back to us on the salary adjustments because we have no intention of prolonging this,” said Balakrishnan.

Established in 1974, S&O Electronics specializes in audio-visual products and employs some 1000 local workers.

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MTUC: Jobs aplenty in 3 sectors

KUALA LUMPUR: Prospective Malaysian employees should look at the construction, service and industrial sectors in the country in their bid to secure a job.

This is because these are the sectors which are in dire need of local manpower, said the Malaysian Trades Union Congress.

Congress president Mohd Khalid Atan said that there were plenty of other job opportunities available in other economic sectors aside from those mentioned in JobStreet.com's job outlook report which was released on Wednesday.

"Currently, the construction, service and industrial sectors are lacking in manpower. With various government projects being lined up, more job opportunities in these sectors are now available," he told the New Straits Times.

However, Khalid feels that not many Malaysians were aware of the openings in these sectors, which sees companies seeking out services from foreign workers and expatriates.

Read more: MTUC: Jobs aplenty in 3 sectors - General - New Straits Times http://www.nst.com.my/nation/general/mtuc-jobs-aplenty-in-3-sectors-1.226471#ixzz2MFkmUi8l

Families of Bangladesh fire victims get compensation

On 24 February 2013 Prime Minister of Bangladesh Sheikh Hasina handed out compensation to the families of fire victims at Smart Fashion factory of 26 January 2013. The agreement was negotiated by the IndustriALL Regional Office, IndustriALL Bangladesh Council of trade unions (IBC) and brands Inditex and New Look.

Families of the deceased female workers Nasima (28), Josna (19), Laiju (18), Fatema (17) and Nasima (17) gathered in the Prime Minister Office in Dhaka where disbursement ceremony took place. According to the agreement, each family receives 1,049,000 BDT (13,300 USD), and one family with two minor children gets an additional 10 per cent to meet educational costs for minor children. The injured workers as well as those who lost their employment will also receive a compensation. The workers earned an average monthly wage of 4,000 BDT (50 USD).