Police union head suspended over bee-sting death

Police union head suspended over bee-sting death

MALAYSIA:::Crew union threatens to picket over MAS snub, chief’s sacking

NUFAM President Ismail Nasaruddin holding a press conference at Kayu Nasi Kandar,USJ Taipan 10. PETALING JAYA, Dec  — A union representing cabin crew members of Malaysia Airlines (MAS) today threatened to picket over the national carrier’s refusal to the acknowledge the union and the firing of its president.

MALAYSIA:::Match lawmaker pay hike with RM1500 wage floor, says MTUC

A worker collects palm fruit at a local palm plantation in Shah Alam outside Kuala Lumpur in this file photo. — Reuters pic

KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 7 — Irked that lawmakers are toying with giving themselves a raise even as the government was increasing tariffs and taxes while cutting subsidies, the Malaysian Trades Union Congress (MTUC) yesterday suggested that minimum wage be lifted to RM1,500 to match. Describing the move as untimely, MTUC president Mohamed Khalid Atan further warned that pressing ahead with such a move will attract backlash from members of the public already straining under steadily rising cost of living.

Symbolic Napoleón Gómez victory moves IndustriALL | IndustriALL

In both opening and closing this week’s Executive Committee, to resounding applause from the EC members, President Huber welcomed Napoleón Gómez Urrutia to address the EC in person. This was Napoleón's his first trip outside Canada since he was forced into exile in 2005.
Symbolic Napoleón Gómez victory moves IndustriALL | IndustriALL

Achieving Middle Income Status | Bangladesh needs skilled workforce | New Generation Seminar told at DU

Achieving Middle Income Status | Bangladesh needs skilled workforce | New Generation Seminar told at DU

MALAYSIA:::Mas must immediately revoke suspension of union president

Workers’ rights issues should be resolved through negotiations, not by union busting, say 43 civil society and trade union groups.

Nufam president Ismail Nasaruddin – Photograph: theSun

We, the 43 undersigned civil society groups, trade unions and organisations, are disturbed by the news that Malaysia Airlines, a government-linked company, has suspended the president of the National Union of Flight Attendants Malaysia (Nufam), Ismail Nasaruddin, in connection with a statement made to the media by the union, which amongst other things suggested that Mas CEO Ahmad Jauhari Yahya, who was appointed in 2011, should resign.