More evidence that workers, especially contract workers, are being shoddily treated. Workers in Tanjung Bunga who appear to be laying cables are living in deplorable conditions.

Low-wage contract workers, who are more easily exploited, are increasingly replacing regular local workers.

Thanks to Wong Yee Lin and Rosalind Chua for sending in the following report from Tanjung Bunga: Continue reading »

 

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.

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This is a side of Malaysia you don’t often see, a world hidden from us. Here, we get a peek at the sad conditions inside an immigration detention centre.

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