Newsletter Sept 2015.pub - Malaysian Trades Union Congress

Sept 2015
Malaysian Trades Union Congress
‘Electronic Toll Collection (ETC)’ Systems
Causing Loss Of Employment For
Many Workers,
Government Should Protect
Human Workers Welfare and Security
MTUC is disappointed with the loss of jobs for workers at toll booths,
by reason of automation or the ‘electronic toll collection (ETC)’ system. Many local workers, especially women workers have lost their
jobs by this move by highway toll operators. The Malaysian government failed to protect employment of workers, when these companies choose to do away with human workers in favor of automation.
It must also be noted despite the existence of Smartcard and
Touch ‘n Go lanes at toll booths, a large number of people still used
the cash payment lanes. This also was used by taxis and other vehicles that were charged different rates compared to normal users. For
many workers still, employers still do insist on receipts before reimbursement for travel is paid.
Pre-paid cards only benefit one travel card companies, being
Touch ‘n Go, and for many low waged workers whose regular income
is also uncertain, by reason of the unchecked increase of precarious
employments in Malaysia and the growing increase of loss of regular
employments, prefer the ‘pay as you use’ method.
This gives the worker real access and control to the money
in hand. He prefers not to pay in advance money that is effectively
stuck and irretrievable with ease in your Touch n Go cards. This preference can also be seen by many in Malaysia who still avoid regular
auto-payment methods, preferring rather to make cash payments
when the bill arrives. Likewise, the preference to use pre-paid, rather
than being obligated to pay higher fixed rates for their telephony
needs
Malaysian government need to ensure that employment opportunities are not lost by reason of automation or otherwise, especially where it concerns local workers, more so in town and rural areas. MTUC urges the government to reverse or restrict this current
move by highway operators to replace human workers in favor of
automation.
N.Gopal Kishnam
Sept 2015 MTUC
Langkah-langkah perlu diambil
sepanjang jerebu melanda
Golongan berisiko tinggi menghadkan aktiviti luar
Golongan berisiko tinggi memakai alat pelindungan pernafasan
⇒ Orang ramai mengurangkan aktiviti-aktiviti lasak
di luar rumah.
kesihatan sepanjang jerebu melanda:
1.Kanak-kanak
2.Orang tua
3.Wanita mengandung
4.Pesakit jantung dan respiratori
5.Alahan kepada habuk
Nasihat Umum bagi mengelakkan
masalah kesihatan sepanjang jerebu melanda. 6.Perokok
7.Orang yang bekerja di luar bangunan
⇒ Kerap membasuh muka dan bahagian yang terdSumber:Kementerian Kesihatan Malaysia,
edah kepada jerebu
Jabatan Alam Sekitar
⇒ Minum banyak air masak.
⇒ Menggunakan alat penghawa dingin dengan
mod kitaran dalam berada di dalam kenderaan.
⇒ Mereka yang mengalami batuk, selesema, asma,
sakit mata dan mempunyai jangkitan paru-paru
perlulah mendapatkan rawatan doctor dengan
segera apabila keadaan bertambah teruk.
⇒ Perokok perlu berhenti merokok
⇒ Berada di dalam bangunan dan kurangkan berada dipersekitaran luar yang berjerebu.
Golongan yang berisiko menghadapi masalah
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KES/AWARD yang penting membelakangkan kepentingan Kesatuan dan pekerja:
No 942 of 2015 – Menidakkan Hak Pekerja– Menolak hak pekerja asing dari memasuki kesatuan sekerja
No 1087 of 2015 – Pengerusi meneruskan perbicaraan walaupun pihak wakil kesatuan tidak hadir dan telah
memaklumkan kepada mahkamah
Kursus Perhubungan Perusahaan dan Rundingan Kolektif MTUC/SC
MTUC dengan kerjasama Solidarity Center telah mengadakan kursus Perhubungan Perusahaan dam Rundingan
Kolektif selama tiga hari di pusat MTUC dari 8-10hb September 2015. Seramai 31 peserta dari pelbagai sektor dan
wilayah telah mengambil bahagian
dengan 8 peserta wanita.
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Sept 2015 MTUC
Majlis Malam Mesra AMESU
Majlis makan malam dan ramah mesra kesatuan AMESU di dewan Majlis Bandaran Teluk Intan. Seramai 700
ahli telah menghadirkan diri dan ucapan utama telah disampaikan oleh Sdra Zainal bin Ismail, Naib Presiden
MTUC. Turut bersama ialah pegawai-pegawai utama MTUC Perak Sdra Ridzuan Zakaria, Timb Pengerusi Perak, Sdra Hamzah Jaafar, Setiausaha MTUC Perak, Sdra Tan Ismail Penolong Setiausaha dan Sdra Rosli
Jaafar, bendahari.
MTUC Sarawak : Bowling tournament
was successfully organized by Women and Youth committee Sarawak Division on the 15 Aug. A total of 14
teams took part in a one day event that was graced open by Chairman of MTUC Sarawak Division Tuan Hj Ibrahim Hamid who is also the president of UTES Sarawak. Altogether 56 union members from various union in Sarawak participated. CIMB bankers from SBEU walked away with
RM500 plus trophy. 2nd place won by team from UTES and 3rd
place went to RHB bank SBEU.
Reported by : Sister Hadiah Leen
President, Sarawak Bank Employees' Union
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Sept 2 015 MTUC
ITUC-AP / MTUC / ATUC / ILO ASEAN TRIANGLE PROJECT
ATUC Youth Rally and Dissemination Forum on Protecting Migrant Workers through Trade
Union Agreements.
“INTEGRATING YOUTH ACROSS BOARDERS”
3-5 September 2015, at YMCA Kuala Lumpur Malaysia.
The ASEAN Trade Union Council, in the first ATUC Youth Rally and Dissemination Forum on Protecting Migrant
Workers through Trade Union Agreements in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia on 3-5 September 2015, with the participation of about 200 young workers/delegates and principal officers of 16 affiliate national labor centers, from nine (9)
ASEAN member states, including observers and or resources persons from the International Labor Organisation
(ILO) ACTRAV, ILO ASEAN Triangle Project (ATP), the International Trade Union Confederation Asia Pacific, and
the ASEAN Secretariat.
Engaged the active participation of and solicited the candid the of the youth delegates in the collective analysis and
appreciation of the current state of young workers, labor market realities, decent work, migration, the labor movement and social media through structure learning exercises, workshops, group discussion, games and other fun
activities.
SYAMSUL AZWAN MUSTAR – Secretary Youth Committee.
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Sept 2015-MTUC
Naza Automotive Manufacturing
berhentikan 300 pekerja
Kira-kira 300 pekerja syarikat pengeluar kereta Naza Automotive Manufacturing (NAM) Sdn Bhd diberhentikan kerja
hari ini selepas jualan kenderaan jatuh tahun ini sejak pengenalan Cukai Barang dan Perkhidmatan (GST) pada
April lalu.
Pemberhentian tersebut melibatkan 255 kakitangan, 30 Jawatankuasa NAM dan selebihnya kakitangan pentadbiran. Kesemua kakitangan yang diberhentikan itu diraikan dalam satu majlis perpisahan yang diadakan di Dewan
Seri Zaleha di Gurun Kedah. Dalam satu atur cara majlis program yang dikirimkan kepada The Malaysian Insider,
majlis perpisahan diadakan hari ini turut disertai Ketua Pegawai Operasi NAM Roslan Abd Ghani dan ucapan pegawai Jabatan Tenaga Kerja.
Semasa majlis sama, semua kakitangan juga diberi surat pemberhentian kerja. The Malaysian Insider cuba
menghubungi ibu pejabat NAM di Kedah bagi mendapatkan pengesahan mengenainya, bagaimanapun gagal
mendapat sebarang maklum balas.
NAM merupakan salah sebuah syarikat pengeluar kereta di bawah Kumpulan Naza yang memulakan operasi pada
Mei 2004. Menurut maklumat daripada laman rasminya, NAM memiliki 1,000 tenaga kerja dan menjalankan kerja
pemasangan kereta Peugeot dan Kia untuk pasaran tempatan dan luar negara.
Jualan kenderaan keseluruhan pada Julai tahun ini susut kepada 58,646 unit daripada 60,269 unit yang dicatatkan
pada bulan yang sama pada 2014. Persatuan Automotif Malaysia (MAA) berkata jumlah yang rendah itu disebabkan jualan kurang memberangsangkan dalam segmen kenderaan penumpang dan komersial.
Jualan kenderaan penumpang pada Julai merosot kepada 52,636 unit berbanding 53,576 unit pada bulan yang
sama tahun lepas, manakala jualan kenderaan komersial turun kepada 6,010 unit daripada 6,693 unit sebelum ini.
Dari Januari hingga Julai, jualan kenderaan keseluruhan susut kepada 380,830 unit berbanding 393,425 unit bagi
tempoh yang sama tahun lepas, kata MAA yang dipetik dalam laman rasminya.
MAA sebelum ini juga meramalkan jualan kereta tahun ini bakal menyusut akibat pelaksanaan GST kerana orang
ramai mengambil sikap tunggu dan lihat. – 27 Ogos, 2015.
Source: http://www.themalaysianinsider.com/bahasa/article/300-pekerja-naza-automotive-diberhentikan
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Sept 2015 MTUC
Gaji tidak sesuai, menyebabkan pekerja
tempatan menolah kerja 3D
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Sept 2015 MTUC
Index to measure real inflation!
The MTUC would like to invite the Minister of Human Resources and his officers to discuss workers’ issues in the
country in view of the deteriorating economic conditions in
the country. “There’s also a need to handle the political
and economic issues that are fast dragging the country
down.”
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A big concern is the recent report that foreign
investors may pull out another USD1 billion out of the
bond market this week as the bonds mature.” It’s really
bad that investor confidence was weakening and where
this was being attributed to political issues. SecretaryGeneral N. Gopal Krishnan said that the government
needs to do something drastic to overcome this issue.
Apart from the weakening foreign investor confidence, the
morale of workers in the country, especially Malaysians,
are also being affected.”
“We are fast losing trust in the government’s ability to handle matters transparently and in the interest of
the people.”
Also, in these times, the MTUC would like the government
to declare whether foreign workers are still being brought
into the country, said Gopal in his statement. “The Ministry of Human Resources should make an open declaration of the numbers.”
The union was expressing its concern on the ongoing economic and political issues facing the country.
“With the ringgit depreciating against major currencies,
the cost of imports have gone up and as a direct consequence of this, there has been a further rise in the cost of
living.”
“The economic figures used such as inflation and the
Consumer Price Index (CPI) does not reflect the real rise
in the cost of living.”
Gopal prefers to use the Mamak Stall Index to
measure real inflation. “Just compare prices at the
mamak stalls over the last one year. When other essentials such as rent, schooling for children, transport etc are
also taken into account, Malaysian workers especially
those from the lower income group are badly affected.”
The union charged that jobs are being impacted
in the current economic climate and the rate of retrenchment has been rising. “Employers are also taking advantage of the situation through various means. The government, through the Ministry of Human Resources,
should intervene to ensure that employers are not abusing the system. PS MTUC 1 Oct 2015
Cuepacs Wants Gov't To Consider Three
Months' Bonus In 2016 Budget
The Congress of Unions of Employees in the Public and formance all this while.
Civil Services (Cuepacs) wants the government to consider giving a three-month bonus to civil servants when “Apart from that, when they received their bonus they
the 2016 Budget is tabled.
will spend and boost the economy further,” he said.
Cuepecs secretary-general Datuk Lok Yim Pheng said Lok said Cuepacs also wanted the government to review
the request was being made to ease the burden of civil and undertake improvements on the 252 salary
schemes and allowances to ease their financial burden
servants to face the current high cost of living.
amidst the current economic challenges faced. He said
“We are not requesting the government to give the three due attention should be given as it was the aspiration of
-month bonus in a lump sum but in stages as we under- the 1.6 million civil servants in the country.
stand the situation of the government,” the said.
“The government probably should also provide more
He said the request was also to appreciate the contribu- allocation for training opportunities to further upgrade
tion of civil servants who showed excellent service per- their skills and expertise,” he said.
Source: Bernama.September 11,2015
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Sept 2015 MTUC
AKTIVITI MTUCLatihan & Kursus
LAWATAN DELEGASI UiTM
TERENGGANU
Pensyarah Dr Azizul Azhan turut dalam
kursus MTUC
Pelajar-pelajar telah bersama-sama peserta kursus
MTUC bagi melihat
sendiri aktiviti MTUC
Seramai 30 pelajar bersama Pensyarah Dr Azizul
Azhan bin Hj Hussain dari UiTM Dungun Terengganu telah mengadakan sessi lawatan sambal belajar
dalam bidang Perhubungan Perusahaan pada 11hb
Sept 2015.
Turut bersama bersama delegasi ini ialah
YB Abdullah Sani, Timb Presiden, Sdra Gopal Kishnam, Setiausaha Agung, Sdri Rajeswari, pegawai
Penyelidikan dan Sdra Soma pegawai pendidikan.
Wisma MTUC 10-5, Jalan USJ 9/5T, 47620 Subang Jaya, Selangor. Tel: 03-80242953 Fax:03-80243225
website : www.mtuc.org.my; email:mtucgeneral @gmail.com / disediakan oleh: Sdri.R.Rajeswari, Setiausaha Penyelidikan
disahkan dan disemak : Sdra. N. Gopal Kishnam Setiausaha Agung.
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