Thursday, May 6, 2010
Minimum Wage - RM900.00
Do you think that there is a need today in Malaysia to consider on the workers basic or minimum salary! Since independance we do not have standard salary in our labour laws, generally most workers are at the mercy of their employers and unable or do not have the right to bargain better terms and conditions of employment individually, because they are not organised into Unions, therefore they are unable to collective bargaining rights. The Union have been suggesting a minimum salary of RM900.00 per month to the government, the Ministry of Human Resources, thus far nothing has materialised on the matter. Do you thing that the labour laws must be amended to incooperate a minimum wage structuew? What's is your view on this matter?
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Since there is no one to discuss or debate this subject or seem interested in handling this subject matter which I believe is of pertinent important to wokers livelihood,and the financial security wholy depends on the minimum salary to sustain his family members. Therefore a properganda of demanding for better wage structure is esential to protect th interest of the workers.
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