A Story of Two Union Leaders and The Jurong Island Initiative
It was a rainy evening when I caught up with Mr K. Karthikeyan and Mr Muhammad Aswadi Salleh. A friend in the petroleum industry had told me about a lovely job-matching initiative that started on Jurong Island and have been ongoing for many, many years. Decades. “Gotong royong, the mutual support and community spirit is […]
Union leader Karthikeyan: Jamus Lim knows nothing about workers and their worker representatives
Union leader Karthikeyan Krishnamurthy is obviously upset by Jamus’ Lim for disdaining their ‘wisdom and beliefs’. Jamus Lim knows nothing about workers or their worker representative. Can WP elaborate on how they intend to help workers since they have ‘workers’ to their name?
Pritam Singh: companies profiting off the backs of PWM for lift sector with increased price bids
Yesterday during the debate on the minimum wage and progressive wage model, WP Pritam Singh said he was worried that some sectors would profit off the backs of the PWM (Progressive Wage Model) by pricing in the wage increases even before it has been implemented. [irp posts=”2571″ name=”Pritam Singh calls for universal minimum wage; netizens […]
Minimum wage setting risks becoming a political auction: Koh Poh Koon
Minimum wage risks becoming a political auction as parties try to outdo each other to be popular. PWM does not share this risk as the sectoral minimum wage is negotiated by a tripartite group.