Protes lebih besar isu bersara 60 tahun

Pekerja-pekerja Telekom Malaysia (TM) merancang mengadakan perhimpunan lebih besar bagi membantah dakwaan kegagalan kesatuan sekerja mereka dalam menuntut pelaksanaan segera umur persaraan minimum 60 tahun.

Jurucakap kumpulan itu Pasupathy PA Palaniappan berkata, perhimpunan mereka Jumaat ini di pejabat Kesatuan Pekerja-pekerja Telekomunikasi Telekomunikasi Semenanjung Malaysia (Nute) di Kuala Lumpur dijangka mencatat angka jauh lebih besar sehingga 100 orang.
"Sebelum ini mereka (pekerja TM) ingat tidak ada apa-apa yang akan berlaku. Mereka juga takut polis tangkap. 

"Tetapi selepas perhimpunan dulu, walaupun tiada apa-apa berlaku, mesej kami sudah sampai ke pelbagai pihak," kata Pasupathy, 56.

Perhimpunan lusa di Jalan Bangsar dirancang pada jam 10 pagi.

Dalam perhimpunan pertama mereka pada 29 Jun lalu, hanya 20 pekerja TM menyertai acara itu.

More unions for better representation, workers urged - (MTUC PENANG DIVISION)

BUTTERWORTH: In view of housing debts rising to worrying levels coupled with the escalating of cost of living, most Malaysian wage-earner are now trapped between the affluent and the lower middle income group, lamented veteran unionist K Veeriah.

“The saying that the rich get richer and the poor get poorer is indeed a reality among the working class here. Is it possible for wealth to be distributed equitably? This is a burgeoning issue which our policy makers and economists must seriously look into and come up with a solution fast,” said Veeriah.

He added that with less than nine percent of the country’s workforce unionised, the plight of the working population in this country cannot be effectively addressed when the unions are not empowered to represent all workers.