Category: Labour

Government should ‘Look to Japan’ in the current review of 19 labour laws related to employment, industrial relations and workers’ welfare

Speech by Parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary-General and MP for Tanjong, Lim Kit Siang, at the DAP Seminar, on ‘Labour and the Current Challenges organised by the DAP Labour Bureau at TWU hall, Petaling Jaya on Sunday, May 29, 1994 at 9.30 a.m.

Government should ‘Look to Japan’ in the current review of 19 labour laws related to employment, industrial relations and workers’ welfare

The Minister for Human Resources, Datuk Lim Ah Lek, announced last month that a tripartite committee had been set up to review all 19 labour laws related to employment, industrial relations and workers’ welfare in the country. Continue reading Government should ‘Look to Japan’ in the current review of 19 labour laws related to employment, industrial relations and workers’ welfare

Workers must make their voice heard that the caring society they want is one which cares for the poor and downtrodden and not one which cares for rich and privileged

1991 MAY DAY Message by Parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary-General and MP for Tanjung, Lim Kit Siang

Workers must make their voice heard that the caring society they want is one which cares for the poor and downtrodden and not one which cares for rich and privileged

While Malaysian workers celebrate the 1991 May Day, they should make their voice heard that the caring society they want is one which cares for the poor and downtrodden and not one which cares for the rich and privileged. Continue reading Workers must make their voice heard that the caring society they want is one which cares for the poor and downtrodden and not one which cares for rich and privileged

DAP Central Executive Committee endorses MTUC minimum labour programme

Speech by Parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary-General and MP for Tanjung, Lim Kit Siang, at the Malacca DAP ‘Towards Tanjung 2’ dinner held at Lim Cheng Puan Restaurant, Malacca on Thursday, 19th July 1990 at 9 p.m.

DAP Central Executive Committee endorses MTUC minimum labour programme

The DAP Central Executive Committee last month considered the MTUC’s minimum labour programme, and has endorsed its 19-point programme. Continue reading DAP Central Executive Committee endorses MTUC minimum labour programme

DAP Central Executive Committee will study the MTUC’s Minimum Labour Programme and women organisations’ Manifesto for the 1990s next week

Speech by Parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary-General and MP for Tanjung, Lim Kit Siang, at the ‘Towards Tanjugn Two’ Dinner organised by the Perak DAP Defend Four-Win Six Special Task Force in Ipoh on Friday, 8th June 1990 at 8 p.m.

DAP Central Executive Committee will study the MTUC’s Minimum Labour Programme and women organisations’ Manifesto for the 1990s next week

The DAP Central Executive Committee will meet in Petaling Jaya next Thursday, and it will among other things, study the Minimum Labour Programme prepared by the Malaysian Trades Union Congress and the Manifesto for the 1990s endorsed by nine women’s organizations in Malaysia. Continue reading DAP Central Executive Committee will study the MTUC’s Minimum Labour Programme and women organisations’ Manifesto for the 1990s next week

DAP calls on Labour Minister to set up a special task force to visit all the contract workers in the Negri Sembilan-Pahang border land development schemes to end to slave labour conditions

by Parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary-General and MP for Kota Melaka, Lim Kit Siang, in Malacca on Wednesday, June 11, 1986:

DAP calls on Labour Minister to set up a special task force to visit all the contract workers in the Negri Sembilan-Pahang border land development schemes to end to slave labour conditions

All Malaysian must be shocked by the revelation in the local press (NST front-page) that several hundred contract workers in land development schemes in and around Negri Sembilan-Pahang border are working as bonded labourers, subjected to the most primitive system of serfdom. Continue reading DAP calls on Labour Minister to set up a special task force to visit all the contract workers in the Negri Sembilan-Pahang border land development schemes to end to slave labour conditions

How can the 50,000 retrenched workers get help from the Ministry of Labour when the Minister of Labour hilself had been under threat of ‘political retrenchment’ for 22 months?

Specch by Parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary-General and MP for Kota Melaka, Lim Kit Siang, in Dewan Rakyat on Friday, 29.11.1985 on the Labour Ministry 1986 budget estimates

How can the 50,000 retrenched workers get help from the Ministry of Labour when the Minister of Labour hilself had been under threat of ‘political retrenchment’ for 22 months?

The biggest problem facing workers today is the spectre of retrenchment, and this is also the biggest failure of the Labour Ministry. Continue reading How can the 50,000 retrenched workers get help from the Ministry of Labour when the Minister of Labour hilself had been under threat of ‘political retrenchment’ for 22 months?

DAP calls on Labour Minister to establish a Board of Inquiry to inquire in all proposed cases of mass retrenchment of workers

By Parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary- General and MP for Kota Melaka, Lim Kit Siang, in Penang on Sunday, 8.9.1985

DAP calls on Labour Minister to establish a Board of Inquiry to inquire in all proposed cases of mass retrenchment of workers

Mass retrenchment of workers has become a major labour problem in Malaysia which has not received the serious government attention it deserved. Continue reading DAP calls on Labour Minister to establish a Board of Inquiry to inquire in all proposed cases of mass retrenchment of workers

Task Force III for illegal Indonesian immigrants

Yesterday, I attended a public protest meeting held by the people of Tongkang Pechah, Batu Pahat, at the Balai Rakyat to protest against the criminal activities of illegal Indonesian immigrants, which have become a menace to law and order, as well as to human life and safety of property.

On 19th October 1984, a rubber tapper, Lim Ah Tee, 42, was killed by two illegal Indonesian immigrants at an oil palm plantation at Kampong Bukit Belah, Tongkang Pechah, leaving behind a wife, a four-year-old and a four-month baby girl and a 84-year-old mother. Continue reading Task Force III for illegal Indonesian immigrants

DAP call for a referendum to decide whether the Malaysia-Indonesia agreement to import Indonesian labour should be ratified and implemented

Speech by Parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary-General and Mp for Petaling, Lim Kit Siang, at the Penang DAP State Committee meeting in Penang on Saturday, 26.5.1984 at 8 p.m.

DAP call for a referendum to decide whether the Malaysia-Indonesia agreement to import Indonesian labour should be ratified and implemented

Friday’s newspapers cafried the repot of Batu Pahat trader, Tan Kian Sing, 39, from Batu Pahat, who was found murdered in his palm oil smallholding near Kuantan, where he had gone for an inspection. His workers, who are illegal Indonesian immigrants, are also missing. Continue reading DAP call for a referendum to decide whether the Malaysia-Indonesia agreement to import Indonesian labour should be ratified and implemented

Kenyir Hydro-Electric Dam – Korean Exploitation of Malaysian Workers

In the Government’s Look East campaign, Japanese and South Korean companies have moved into Malaysia in a major way to take over the big construction projects, displacing local contractors and workers of the contracts and job opportunities.

The Government had justified this on the ground that the Japanese and South Korean construction giants could impart needed skills to Malaysian workers and transfer technology.

But the actual experiences of such cases seem to show that there is imparting of very little skills to Malaysians nor transfer of technology. Continue reading Kenyir Hydro-Electric Dam – Korean Exploitation of Malaysian Workers