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When an employer says a worker has 'run away', what really happened? Sumon's story
By Liang Lei, based on an interview in August 2017 Sometimes, when it comes to foreign workers, it is both worrying and terrifying to realize just how much they are at the mercy of the employers, in an environment of lax enforcement and subdued consequences. Drastic measures can be taken at any time against injured...
As Singapore goes cashless, dismantle structural barriers faced by foreign workers
In his National Day Rally speech on 20 August 2017, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong spoke about the need for greater efforts in migrating to cashless transactions. Subsequently, other ministers developed the point further. Transient Workers Count Too felt that it was important to ensure that whatever plans are drawn up, they should not inadvertently...
Fraud committed using ministry letterhead
Sarowar (not his real name) approaches our help desk hesitantly. Despite being in his mid-thirties, he does not exude much self-confidence. Maybe it’s because he knows his English is weak, and what he has to tell us is fairly complicated. However, it didn’t take us long to grasp the nub of the problem: Someone had...
A mookata waiter's tale
By Liang Lei, based on an interview in July 2017 The raid came. Subbas was on duty that night, and he was arrested. His luck had run out. He would spend a month in jail and, tied to a medieval rack, receive three strokes of the cane, cutting his flesh deeply and bloodily. It would...
Siddik and Rafique's lives frozen as Freezeland Aircon & Electrical folds
By Jonah Foong, based on interviews in July 2017 In George Orwell’s dystopian novel 1984, the fictional land of Oceania is ruled by Big Brother, a man of ‘about forty-five’ with a ‘heavy black moustache and ruggedly handsome features’. While his face is plastered on hoardings, he is never seen in the flesh, and his...
What's up
Please help support TWC2 at our fundraiser on 3 Dec 2017. Buy one or more tickets to the movie event. If you can’t come, you can donate the ticket back to us and we will arrange for a foreign worker to enjoy the movie (and lunch) on your behalf. Click the graphic for link to purchase site.
VOLUNTEERING?
“Heartbeat”, our next orientation session for potential volunteers is scheduled for Tuesday, 14 November 2017, at 7:30 pm. If you are interested in helping with the cause, please email the Administration Officer at info@twc2.org.sg with the header “interested in volunteering”. For more information about volunteering roles, click here.
OUTREACH
Please join our next outreach on Sunday 19 November 2017 from 4 – 6pm, when we fan out to distribute flyers and share information with migrant workers at a specified location near an MRT station (to be decided). If you’re able to help, please drop an email to info@twc2.org.sg with the header “can help with July 2017 outreach”.