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Young Sujon laid off after only a month in new job
By Joyce Wong Where is next month’s money going to come from? Sitting in front of me is a very young, clean-shaven man. He is neatly dressed with his hair slightly touching his collar. Some would call him good-looking. He is here for his dinner at TWC2′s soup kitchen when we ask to interview him. ...
Worker couldn't tell family he's injured: "I know they will headache"
By Gabriel Liong After working a long shift plus an additional four hours of overtime, Sahajan was looking forward to a restful night. It was 9.15pm. His day at the shipyard had begun at 7.30am. Climbing into the back of his company’s lorry, Sahajan made himself comfortable for the ride back to the dormitory. Little...
Plug gaps in system to reduce illegal work
Transient Workers Count Too’s letter in response to an article about foreign workers working illegally (Straits Times, Monday, 25 Nov 2013, summarised here) was published in the newspaper’s letters section on Friday 29 November. This is the text of the letter: Plug gaps in system to reduce illegal work When injured or unpaid foreign workers...
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NEXT HEARTBEAT
The next orientation session (“Heartbeat”) for those thinking of volunteering will be held on Wednesday, 8 January 2014 at 7:30 pm at our office. If you are interested in helping with the cause, please contact the Administration Officer at info@twc2.org.sg.
Please see
http://twc2.org.sg/getinvolved/volunteer/
for more details about volunteering.