MALAYSIA:::Masing not speaking the truth on local workers

There are at least 300,000 locals working in the peninsula, Singapore and as far away as Dubai and Africa.

KUCHING: Land Development Minister James Masing was not telling the whole story when he claimed in the media that “we have tried all this while to recruit locals, but there are no takers.”

“We reject claims that local workers refuse to work in plantations because it is a dirty and difficult job,” said Andrew Lo, Secretary of MTUC Sarawak, in a statement. “They refuse to work simply because the employers, through their economic might, have suppressed wages and imposed miserable and even demeaning terms and conditions of employment.”

The MTUC Sarawak was expressing concerns on 12,000 Bangladeshi workers being brought in to work in the plantation sector in Sarawak. MTUC wants a tripartite council to find holistic and long-term solutions to a problem that, if not addressed, will have grave security implications.

MALAYSIA:::APSB: Pemberhentian pekerja Astro perlu

Pemberhentian kerja 52 petugas Astro Productions Sdn Bhd (APSB) baru-baru ini adalah perlu untuk memastikan struktur optimum bagi daya maju perkhidmatan produksi.
    
"Semua proses dipatuhi dan semua kakitangan terlibat telah diberi pampasan dan diberi pengiktirafan atas tahun perkhidmatan mereka," kata Naib Presiden Kanan Penyiaran dan Operasi APSB, Rohaizad Mohamed dalam e-mel kepada Bernama semalam.

MALAYSIA:::DAP desak henti salahguna kuasa tindas kesatuan sekerja KTMB

JOHOR BAHRU, 3 FEB: Menteri Pengangkutan Datuk Seri Liow Tiong Lai bertanggungjawab menghentikan penyalahguanan kuasa pihak pengurusan KTMB terhadap Presiden Kesatuan Pekerja-Pekerja KTMB (RUM) Abdul Razak Md Hassan.

Pengarah Dasar DAP Johor Wong Shu Qi berkata, tindakan KTMB bersifat balas dendam peribadi terhadap Abdul Razak kerana mengetuai piket menentang pihak pengurusan KTMB yang tidak efisyen.

MALAYSIA:::Lagi pekerja Islam dilarang tunai solat

MUAR 3 Feb. – Baru sahaja reda isu pekerja Islam di sebuah pasar raya di bandar ini dilarang menunaikan solat semasa waktu bekerja dan rehat, satu lagi kes yang sama didedahkan berlaku di sebuah pasar raya di pekan Parit Bakar dekat sini.

Namun kali ini pekerja terbabit diperlakukan secara biadab apabila dihamburkan dengan kata-kata kesat dan ditarik ketika menunaikan solat di bilik rehat ke pejabat.

Menurut sumber, pasar raya berkenaan melarang pekerja beragama Islam menunaikan solat dan diberikan amaran keras jika didapati berbuat demikian

LONDON:::RMT TO BALLOT STAFF ON LONDON MIDLAND

RMT Press Office

RAIL UNION RMT has begun balloting members on London Midland from Euston to Tring for both strike action and action short of a strike over the victimisation of union member Steve Caldwell – a valued and senior member of platform staff at Watford with over 32 years unblemished service and a string of commendations for delivering top quality support to the travelling public and for saving lives.