Pekerja TS Solartech, Bukit Minyak diberhentikan kerja serta merta dgn notis 24 jam. Seramai 241 orang terlibat tanpa diberitahu lebih awal, mungkin kilang akan ditutup.
Para pekerja terlibat telah menghubungi MTUC PENANG DIV. dan secara kebetulan pemangku Presiden MTUC Dato Abdullah Sani yang juga ahli parlimen Kuala Langat berada di Seberang Prai atas urusan MTUC dan seterusnya kepimpinan MTUC PENANG DIV bersama pemangku Presiden MTUC telah berjumpa pekerja pekerja terlibat di sebuah restoran di batu kawan,
MTUC juga telah menasihatkan pekerja terlibat untuk file kes di bawah akta perhubungan perusahaan sek 20, iaitu pemulihan pekerjaan, dan MTUC akan terus memantau serta membantu pekerja pekerja terlibat sehingga kes selesai, YB Dato Presiden juga akan membawa kes ini ke parlimen pada persidangan akan datang.
Another wave of retrenchments hits Penang manufacturing sector
Another wave of retrenchments has apparently hit Penang’s manufacturing sector, with a sudden announcement to over 200 employees that they are out of jobs. Business Times has obtained a memo purportedly sent out this afternoon by TS Solartech Sdn Bhd - a subsidiary of Tek Seng Holdings Bhd - that some of its employees will be out of work as early as tomorrow. TS Solartech is a mainland Penang-based crystalline silicon solar cell maker in which Taiwan-based Solartech Energy holds a 42 per cent stake. The memo dated today, and signed by two of the company’s officials named Choo Pei Ting and Lim Li Ming respectively, is titled `Retrenchment Programme.’ “We regret to inform you that due to redundancy of productivity, there will be a retrenchment programme for surplus workers,” the memo stated and referred to a list of affected workers which was reportedly attached to the document. “It does not involve those staff who have tendered their resignation and resigned before this memo was released. However, this decision is a not a reflection on your performance,” it added. The selected staff were instructed in the memo that tomorrow would be their last day at work and to present themselves to the company’s human resources department to collect their letters of indemnity and letters of retrenchment on Wednesday. Those affected were also advised they were not to present themselves for work tomorrow. Company officials could not be reached for comment. Two weeks ago, US-based Rubicon Technology Inc announced that it is closing down its facility - Rubicon Sapphire Technology (M) Sdn Bhd - on mainland Penang. It is learnt that some 180 people will be jobless owing to the closure by the end of this year. In July, it was reported that American hard disk maker Seagate Technology Plc and computer data storage firm Western Digital Corp (WD), would be relocating the bulk of their operations to Thailand. Seagate's Penang facility is said to have over 3,000 Malaysian staff, while WD was expected to lay off 400 Malaysian staff and 800 foreign workers from its Penang manufacturing site. Earlier this year, the world's biggest chipmaker Intel Technology, had announced that it would lay off up to 12,000 workers globally. Business Times has learnt the exercise in Malaysia has so far seen around 1,000 employees in Penang and Kulim in Kedah part ways with Intel.
source:::http://www.nst.com.my
Lagi pemberhentian pekerja dalam sektor pembuatan Pulau Pinang
Kira-kira 200 pekerja di kilang menghasilkan sel solar silikon kristal yang berpangkalan di Pulau Pinang bakal kehilangan mata pencarian mereka dengan gelombang terbaru pemberhentian pekerja melanda sektor pembuatan.
Menurut Business Times, firma TS Solartech Sdn Bhd - sebuah anak syarikat Tek Seng Holdings Bhd - mengeluarkan memo memaklumkan sebahagian pekerjanya akan diberhentikan seawal esok.
Solartech Energy di Taiwan memegang peratus kepentingan 42 peratus dalam syarikat itu.
"Dukacita dimaklumkan berikutan lebihan produktiviti, akan ada program pemberhentian pekerja,” petik memo yang dihantar kepada pekerja itu.
"Keputusan ini tidak mencerminkan prestasi anda.”
Sebelum ini, syarikat Rubicon Technology Inc yang berpangkalan di Amerika Syarikat memaklumkan ia akan menutup kilang Rubicon Sapphire Technology di Pulau Pinang, yang memberi kesan kepada 180 orang pekerja.
Pembuat cakera keras US Seagate Technology Plc, yang menggaji 3,000 kakitangan Malaysia, dan syarikat penyimpanan data komputer Western Digital Corp juga memindahkan sebahagian besar operasinya ke Thailand.
Western Digital dijangka memberhentikan 400 rakyat Malaysia dan 800 pekerja asing dari kilangnya di Pulau Pinang, lapor Business Times.
Intel Technology, yang mempunyai kilang di Pulau Pinang dan Kulim, Kedah, sedang memberhentikan 12,000 pekerjanya di seluruh dunia. Kira-kira 1,000 dari mereka adalah dari operasi di Malaysia.
sumber:::http://www.malaysiakini.com