A new ILO Convention prohibits the deduction of domestic workers’ salaries to pay recruitment fees and provides for 24-hour weekly rest days, collective bargaining, and written contracts that are enforceable in the country of employment.
Jun 172011
May 092011
Housing prices in Penang and the rest of Malaysia are soaring beyond the reach of many Malaysians. While many property developers and speculators are laughing their way to the bank, many ordinary workers are struggling to buy their first homes.
May 052011
It’s just two more days to polling day in Singapore – and the democratic awakening sweeping across the world has not left the island republic untouched. “Singapore is a country – not a company,” says private teacher Michelle Lee, speaking at an opposition SDP rally
May 012011
Twenty one people were arrested during a peaceful Workers’ Day gathering in KL. Not the best way for the government to observe this day in honour of ordinary workers. Among those arrested are Sungai Siput MP Dr Jeyakumar Devaraj and several other top PSM leaders, including its secretary general S Arutchelvan.
Apr 092011
One of the arguments used to justify the move to deny Chin Huat entry to Sarawak is that the state has a degree of autonomy to make such decisions – but autonomy for whom? This is a comment left by a blog reader in response to another commenter who had said the state has autonomy to make such decisions: The reason for change is very, very simple. Sarawak’s current autonomy is the autonomy of one man and his band of cronies, not the autonomy of its people.