Singapore will impart training to its labour officials for communicating effectively with migrant workers from Indiaand other South Asian countries keeping in mind their cultural sensitivities after a probe panel recommended this following the country's worst riots in Little India in 2013.
The training of officers from the Ministry of Manpower - expected to start early next month - would also cover skills in listening, persuasion and negotiations, The Straits Times reported today.
The training was recommended by the Committee of Inquiry (COI) probing the December 2013 riots in Little India - a precinct of Indian-origin shops, eateries, motels and hotels - in which 54 police and security officers were hurt and 23 emergency vehicles damaged.
Thursday, January 1, 2015
Malaysian and Indonesian unions continue their fight to stop precarious work
Last week, during national unity meetings in Indonesia and Malaysia, IndustriALL Global Union affiliates from both countries took stock of their action against precarious work. Each victory gained by unions continues to be challenged by employers.
In Indonesia, the three national trade union centers, KSPI, KSBSI and KSPSI, mobilized a million workers on 10 December against, notably, the use of precarious work in state-owned companies.
Despite a recommendation issued in October 2013 by the Indonesian parliament to ‘stop outsourcing’ in state-owned companies, massive use of outsourced workers is still ongoing in public companies.
ILO:::670m jobs in 15 years, says ILO
The International Labour Organisation (ILO) has said over 670 million jobs are needed to be created over the next 15 years to keep up with the growth of the labour force and contain the spread of unemployment in the world
ILO’s Special Representative to the United Nations (UN), Ms. Jane Stewart, who made this known while reviewing the implementation of the ILO’s progressive Global Jobs Pact, called on the international communities to combine decent work and inclusive growth into one goal in the post 2015 development agenda
“It makes good sense to combine decent work and inclusive growth into one goal to be inclusive and sustainable, economic growth must create decent jobs as the ILO estimates that around 670 million jobs need to be created over the next 15 years to keep up with the growth of the labour force and contain the spread of unemployment,” she said.
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