Friday, November 28, 2014

MALAYSIA:::Manipulasi MoU, RUM ambil tindakan undang-undang atas presiden KTMB

Presiden RUM Abdul Razak Md Hassan sudah pun membuat aduan tentang manipulasi terhadap MoU antara KTMB dan RUM dan kes mungkin akan dibawa ke mahkamah. – Gambar fail The Malaysian Insider, 28 November, 2014.
Presiden RUM Abdul Razak Md Hassan sudah pun membuat aduan tentang manipulasi terhadap MoU antara KTMB dan RUM dan kes mungkin akan dibawa ke mahkamah. – Gambar fail The Malaysian Insider, 28 November, 2014. Kesatuan Pekerja-Pekerja Keretapi Tanah Melayu (RUM) mahu mengambil tindakan undang-undang terhadap Presiden Keretapi Tanah Melayu Berhad (KTMB), Datuk Elias Kadir Baba kerana memanipulasi memorandum persefahaman (MoU) penyelesaian pertikaian antara kedua-dua pihak.

The MAS Act which was tabled to Parliament on 26 November is seen as a discrimination act againts the employees and their Trade Unions. AKTA MAS 2014 ( MALAYSIAN AIRLINE SYSTEM BERHAD )


KESATUAN KEBANGSAAN ANAK-ANAK KAPAL KABIN MALAYSIA Reg:1089

PRESS RELEASE

The MAS Act which was tabled to Parliament on 26 November is seen as a
discrimination act againts the employees and their Trade Unions

Judging the contexts in the MAS Act, Khazanah Nasional’s proposal to adopt the MAS
Act have raise many doubts and questions on how employees will be unable to file any
Industrial disputes against the airline itself.

It is seen to steer employee’s and its Unions off the normal legal process in filing any
Industrial disputes against the carrier. There are also several clauses to provide
protection and to also over throw the current legal process which has been recognised
by law under the Trade Union Act and Industrial Relations Act.

The is an absolute picture of what MAS Act is painting. Other then that, it will also help
protect any liabilities which third parties may claim against Malaysia Airlines Berhad.

NUFAM wantst Khazanah to furnish the National Union a copy of this Act before it can
even be tabled to Parliament.

If Parliament endorses something of this sort, it will show imbalance and injustice to all
MAS employees and their respective Union’s per se. We cannot allow something of this
sort to slip through as the livelihood of these employees are involved in the restructuring
process and their future will be at stake. We cannot allow something which has never
been done before to past through in benefit of those in the business This will be an
absolute challenge to the current practices and laws of the Industrial Relations.
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INDONESIA:::Program Jaminan Pensiun Angin Segar Bagi Pekerja Swasta

Dirut PT Jamsostek Elvyn G. Masassya menunjukan kartu smart card BPJS menjelang transformasi PT Jamsostek menjadi BPJS di Jakarta, Kamis (12/12).

REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, Oleh Erik Purnama Putra/Wartawan Republika
 
Sebuah kabar gembira bagi para pekerja swasta. Pemerintah mengeluarkan terobosan baru terkait program Jaminan Pensiun (JP) untuk pekerja swasta. Kebijakan itu akan mulai diterapkan pada 1 Juli 2015. Badan Penyelenggara Jaminan Sosial (BPJS) Ketenagakerjaan akan menjadi tulang punggung dalam mengelola dana pensiun.

Thursday, November 27, 2014

MALAYSIA:::Addressing Malaysia’s inequality problem


Economic growth is good. However, like anything good, overindulgence and foolishness can land us in trouble. High-income nation with high inequality is a silent and unseen troublemaker like high cholesterol and high blood pressure. We must not ignore the adverse effects of high inequality in our eager pursuit of high-income nation status. The World Economic Forum recently recognised inequality as the no.1 global concern in its Global Agenda 2015.

MALAYSIA:::Diskriminasi punca wanita Malaysia jauhi pasaran kerja formal.


















Walaupun pelbagai inisiatif diberikan, bilangan wanita Malaysia yang bekerja dalam tenaga kerja formal kekal rendah iaitu di bawah 50% sejak sekian lama, manakala dalam ekonomi formal mereka berpendapatan kurang daripada lelaki di setiap peringkat spektrum pekerjaan, menurut Laporan Pembangunan Manusia Malaysia 2013.
Wanita Malaysia terus berada di luar pasaran buruh formal walaupun berpendidikan tinggi, menunjukkan dasar tidak fleksibel menghalang penyertaan mereka dalam tenaga kerja serta persepsi wanita bertanggungjawab semata-mata terhadap rumah tangga dan penjagaan keluarga.

Wednesday, November 26, 2014

MALAYSIA:::MTUC calls for RCI on influx of foreign workers

Malaysian Trade Unions Congress (MTUC) has renewed its call on the government to set up a Royal Commission of Inquiry (RCI) on foreign workers after Human Resources Minister revealed that there are almost six million foreign workers in the country.
“More than half of them are illegals. It is shocking that half of our workforce are foreign workers. They totally outnumber our police and Armed Forces. It is a serious and dangerous security issue. Our sovereignty is at stake,” MTUC Sarawak secretary Andrew Lo said through a press statement yesterday.
“The mine disaster in Pantu, Sarawak has revealed that we even have North Koreans. During the 6P legalisation programme in 2011, 2,088,358 foreign workers had been registered, of whom 1,135,499 were illegals. In four years, that number has increased to six million!”

Friday, November 21, 2014

MALAYSIA:::Again and Again, Foreign Workers Issues have been swiftly swept under the Carpet (MTUC Press Statement)

Malaysian Trades Union Congress is alarmed at the manner in which the issue of JCY HDD Technology Sdn Bhd (JCY) foreign worker’s industrial action is swept under the carpets by the Police. MTUC is disappointed with Deputy Home Minister Wan Junaide Wan Jaafer statement in the Dewan Rakyat that Industrial Action taken by JCY foreign workers was due to misunderstanding among the foreign workers themselves, especially since this claim is not supported by any facts.

Thursday, November 20, 2014

MALAYSIA:::Salah guna media sosial waktu bekerja



IPOH - Timbalan Setiausaha Kerajaan Negeri (Pengurusan), Datuk Razali Othman mendedahkan, hasil pemantauan oleh Rangkaian Kampus Putrajaya (PCN) mendapati terdapat penyalahgunaan media sosial pada waktu pejabat oleh penjawat awam.

Menurutnya, meskipun media sosial pada masa kini berkembang, penjawat awam perlu sentiasa memelihara integriti perkhidmatan awam semasa menggunakan kemudahan internet yang disediakan.

MALAYSIA:::Al Jazeera tunjuk pelarian didera di pusat tahanan Malaysia dalam laporan eksklusif

Malaysia dilihat menzalimi dan mengeksploitasi pelarian di dalam penjara dalam laporan berita Al Jazeera selepas dipilih sebagai salah satu ahli tidak tetap Majlis Keselamatan PBB. – Gambar Reuters, 20 November, 2014.
Malaysia dilihat menzalimi dan mengeksploitasi pelarian di dalam penjara dalam laporan berita Al Jazeera selepas dipilih sebagai salah satu ahli tidak tetap Majlis Keselamatan PBB. – Gambar Reuters, 20 November, 2014.Layanan Malaysia terhadap pelarian menjadi perhatian sekali lagi susulan laporan berita Al Jazeera yang memaparkan keadaan mereka dizalimi dan dieksploitasi di dalam penjara, serta kegiatan rasuah kakitangan Pesuruhjaya Tinggi Persatuan Bangsa-bangsa Bersatu (PBB) bagi Pelarian (UNHCR).

Wednesday, November 19, 2014

MALAYSIA:::Employers obliged to train low-skilled workers after profiting from them, says MTUC

Trapped in a cycle of low wages and low education, the Malaysian workforce is poorly compensated compared with shareholders, making employers morally obligated to retrain and provide proper education for workers to upgrade themselves, a labour rights group has said.

MALAYSIA:::Alarming level of foreign workers without permits

THIS is earth-shattering: the number of foreign workers in Malaysia is so huge that they outnumber the capacity crowd at the Malaysia Cup football final at the National Stadium in Bukit Jalil recently by a whopping 67 times. Yes, super colossal — a quarter of the country’s entire population.

MALAYSIA:::Kenaikan gaji tidak kurang 10 peratus wajar diberi



KUALA LUMPUR - Kenaikan gaji tidak kurang daripada 10 peratus wajar diberi pertimbangan kerajaan dan majikan swasta sejajar dengan peningkatan produktiviti dan prestasi para pekerja di negara ini, demikian menurut kesatuan pekerja sektor awam dan swasta. 

Tuesday, November 18, 2014

MALAYSIA:::KWSP's Proposal To Increase Age Limit For Wihdrawal Of Savings To 60 Needs Indepth Study



The government must not readily accept a proposal from the Employees Provision Fund (EPF) to increase the age for withdrawal of full retirement savings to 60 years, because not all choose to retire at 60.

Monday, November 17, 2014

MALAYSIA::Hampir 70 pekerja KTM dipecat setakat ini


Sudah 69 pekerja Keretapi Tanah Melayu Berhad (KTMB) dipecat setakat ini setelah terlibat dengan piket 9 Mei lalu yang mendesak presiden syarikat itu berundur kerana didakwa kurang cemerlang.

First moments after MH17 crash caught on camera



INDONESIA:::UMK Bekasi Kota 2015 Rp 2.9 juta, Upah Sektoral Tembus 3 juta.



Bekasi. KSPI- Setelah melalui perundingan yg alot akhirnya UMK kota Bekasi tahun 2015 di tetapkan sebesar Rp. 2.954.135,Kelompok I : 3.397.135, Kelompok II: 3.249.344. Menurut laporan kontributor KSPI, hasil UMK Kota Bekasi ditentukan melalui mekasnime voting antara Pihak pemerintah dan Serikat Pekerja, sementara perwakilan pengusaha tidak ikut tapi hanya menyaksikan prosesnya.

MALAYSIA:::MTUC calls MAS ‘cruel’ for sacking employee accused of sexual harassment

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Malaysian Trades Union Congress president Mohd Khalid Atan said Malaysia Airlines should have sent someone to investigate the sexual harassment case involving one of its employees.

Saturday, November 15, 2014

HARI INI DALAM SEJARAH:::PINDAAN AKTA KERJA 1955 MERUGIKAN PEKERJA

pindaan akta kerja 1955 yang diluluskan pada 6 October 2011 sebenarnya merugikan golongan pekerja,ianya akan menggalakkan satu sistem menggunakan /meletakkan pekerja melalui "kontrak" dengan pihak ketiga,dan bukan lagi dengan syarikat secara terus.. ini menyebabkan pekerja akan hilang banyak imbuhan kebajikan yang sepatutnya dinikmati oleh pekerja..

HARI INI DALAM SEJARAH:::MTUC bantah pinda Akta Pekerjaan 1955

HARI INI DALAM SEJARAH:::60 tahun MTUC: kemanakah halatuju?


Kongres Kesatuan Sekerja Malaysia(MTUC) telah meraihkan sambutan ulang tahun ke-60 pada 31hb Disember 2009. Sambutan ulang tahun ini telah diadakah di Petaling Jaya Selangor. Lebih dari 400 ahli kesatuan telah mengambil bahagian dalam majlis jamuan ini. Pelbagai acara telah diadakan bagi menyerikan majlis sambutan ini. Walaupun MTUC masih tidak berpuas hati dengan pencapaiannya kerana segala perjuangannya sering mendapat halangan dan sekatan daripada pihak pemerintah. 

Selangor to give MTUC land to build training center

MALAYSIA:::MTUC medium tingkatkan kesejahteraan

Malaysia detains 80 Bangladeshis

Malaysia detains 80 Bangladeshis

Friday, November 14, 2014

MALAYSIA::: KENYATAAN AKHBAR MTUC >>> PERLAMBAKAN PEKERJA ASING MENJATUHKAN KUASA KESATUAN SEKERJA

MTUC amat dukacita dengan laporan Menteri Sumber Manusia pada 11hb November pada Bernama berkaitan dengan pekerja asing yang disiarkan sejak peristiwa tanah runtuh di Cameroon Highland.
Laporan dua bulan terdahulu menyebut bahawa, dari 5.8 juta pekerja asing, hanya 2.9 juta yang mempunyai dokumen sah dan selebihnya 2.9 juta pula adalah pekerja yang tidak mempunyai documen secara sah. Malah laporan terkini pula menyatakan 6.7 juta pekerja asing dinegara ini dengan hanya 2.1juta yang memiliki dokumen secara sah. MTUC berpendapat bahawa pekerja asing yang tidak mempunyai dokumen sah adalah melebihi dari angka yang diunjurkan oleh kerajaan. Persoalan MTUC, siapakah yang bertanggungjawab?

Wednesday, November 12, 2014

MALAYSIA:::Pekerja kilang maut dihempap bumbung


Bayan Lepas: Seorang pekerja kilang maut selepas dihempap runtuhan bumbung konkrit dan besi di sebuah kilang di sini, hari ini.
Dalam kejadian jam 6.45 petang itu mangsa, Wan Ahmad Nadzari Wan Mokhtar, 48, maut di lokasi kejadian akibat kecederaan teruk di kepala dan badan.
Timbalan Pengarah Jabatan Bomba dan Penyelamat negeri Mohamad Shoki Hamzah berkata, pihaknya menerima panggilan kira-kira jam 6.58 petang.
"Mangsa terperangkap di bawah runtuhan itu serta meninggal dunia di tempat kejadian dan mayatnya berjaya dikeluarkan kira-kira jam 7.28 malam.
"Tiada mangsa lain terbabit dan kita masih menyiasat punca kejadian," katanya ketika dihubungi.

MALAYSIA:::Economy in the hands of 6.7 m foreign workers

Human resources minister says influx of foreign workers should not be taken lightly.
foreign workersPUTRAJAYA: Malaysians should not take lightly the influx of foreign workers as the latter might be able to control the country’s economy if continued to be given the opportunity, said Human Resources Minister Richard Riot.
He said the matter should instead be viewed seriously as the situation was worrying, because there were an estimated 6.7 million foreign workers in this country but only 2.1 million of them had valid work permits.

Tuesday, November 11, 2014

MALAYSIA:::Pekerja Asing Dikhuatiri Kuasai Ekonomi Jika Dapat Peluang - Richard Riot


PUTRAJAYA, 11 Nov (Bernama) -- Jangan pandang ringan kebanjiran pekerja asing di negara ini kerana mereka mungkin boleh menguasai ekonomi jika terus mendapat peluang, kata Menteri Sumber Manusia Datuk Seri Richard Riot Jaem.

Kebanjiran pekerja asing di negara ini harus dipandang serius dan ia membimbangkan apabila dianggarkan terdapat 6.7 juta golongan itu dan daripada jumlah itu, hanya 2.1 juta sahaja mempunyai permit yang sah, katanya.

MALAYSIA:::No more appeal, former relief teacher urges gov't / Guru gesa k'jaan tak rayu ganti rugi RM300,000


Noorfadilla Ahmad Saikin, the former relief teacher whose appointment was terminated due to her pregnancy, urged the government not to lodge another appeal to the Court of Appeal ruling yesterday to award her RM300,000 in compensation for her sacking.

Monday, November 10, 2014

MALAYSIA:::Imigresen Tahan 181 PATI Di Cameron Highlands


CAMERON HIGHLANDS, 9 Nov (Bernama) — Seramai 181 pendatang asing tanpa izin (PATI) ditahan atas pelbagai kesalahan dalam ‘Ops Gempak dan Mesra’ di tujuh lokasi berasingan sekitar Cameron Highlands, Ahad.
Timbalan Ketua Pengarah Imigresen Bahagian Kawalan, Datuk Sakib Kusmi berkata tujuh lokasi itu ialah di Ringlet, Lembah Bertam, Tanah Rata, Brinchang, Kampung Raja, Tringkap dan Kuala Terla.
Beliau berkata operasi itu adalah yang pertama dijalankan untuk menahan dan menangkap PATI di sekitar daerah berkenaan berikutan jumlahnya yang semakin meningkat dan membimbangkan.
“Dalam operasi itu, seramai 581 warga asing diperiksa dan daripada jumlah itu, hanya 181 ditahan kerana tidak memiliki dokumen perjalanan sah.
“Mereka yang ditahan terdiri daripada warga Vietnam, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Indonesia, India, Myanmar, Nepal dan Bangladesh,” kata Sakib kepada pemberita di Tanah Rata.
Beliau berkata dalam operasi

Hong Kong murders: migrant workers rally for Indonesian victims

HONG KONG // Around 200 migrant workers held a vigil yesterday to mourn the two young Indonesian women brutally murdered in Hong Kong.
Messages from relatives and friends of the two victims – Sumarti Ningsihand Seneng Mujiahsih – were read out at the ceremony held at Victoria Park in the heart of the city.
Participants also made donations for the girls’ families in Indonesia, an

Friday, November 7, 2014

MALAYSIA:::Tough times lead Media Prima to cut workforce // Masa sulit dorong Media Prima kurangkan tenaga kerja


Media Prima is offering to pay its employees to leave the company as it struggles to hold off quarter after quarter of declining profits.

Staff at Media Prima were told they could, from today, elect to take up a mutual separation scheme that would give them a one-off parting payment based on their last drawn salary and seniority.

Thursday, November 6, 2014

INDONESIA:::100.000 Buruh Jabodetabek Mulai Bergerak, Bersatu Menolak Kembalinya Rezim Upah Murah

Aksi dorong Motor Forum buruh Bogor
Jakarta , KPOnline – Bayang-bayang kembalinya Rezim Upah Murah di Indonesia yang di tandai dengan pembahasan kenaikan upah yang alot dimana  kenaikan hanya berkisar 50,00 s/d 100.000 membuat buruh di wilayah Jabodetabek bergejolak. Hari ini tercatat sekitar 100.000 buruh di wilayah Jabodetabek melakukan aksi serentak di kantor pemerintahan daerah masing-masing.

INDONESIA:::Upah minimum Jakarta Rp2,7 juta

Upah minimum Jakarta Rp2,7 juta
Plt Gubernur DKI Jakarta Basuki Tjahaja Purnama (ANTARA FOTO/Wahyu Putro A)
Jakarta (ANTARA News) - Plt Gubernur DKI Jakarta, Basuki Tjahaja Purnama, mengatakan Upah Minimum Provinsi (UMP) DKI Jakarta pada 2015 berkisar Rp2,7 juta per bulan.