800 deaths a year — and life carries on normally
Covid-19 is not the only easily transmissible disease around. There's another and it's been killing more people for years. Yet, we didn't lock up our workers.
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08, 2021
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08, 2021
How the Westlite Juniper cluster shows the argument for locking up workers is flawed
Far from justifying continued confinement of migrant workers in dorms, the cluster in Westlite Juniper shows how hollow the argument for confinement is.
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08, 2021
Letter in the Straits Times: TADM’s role in wrongful dismissal claims is to mediate, not adjudicate
TWC2 points out in a letter to the press that in handling wrongful dismissal claims, TADM tends to exceed its powers.
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08, 2021
Research report: Barriers and facilitators to Covid-19 vaccination among migrant domestic workers
This research study mapped the unique obstacles (and enablers) to Covid-19 vaccination pertinent to migrant domestic workers in Singapore.
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08, 2021
Danny and Lin needed medical care but their employers ducked, part 2
The doctor said he had to operate, telling the patient not to worry about the cost since the employer should have insurance cover. "What?" she said. "I didn't know."
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08, 2021
Danny and Lin needed medical care, but their employers ducked, part 1
Danny was faced with a $34,000 hospital bill and was looking for help. Our first questions were: Why isn't the employer paying? What's the law for?
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08, 2021
About 960 complaints about kickbacks investigated each year – how embarrassing!
MOM gave this figure in a parliamentary reply. It's only a topline number. Look beneath it and it's a scene of buzzing flies.
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08, 2021
The medical fund, Sajjad and his operation
A day by day account of how TWC2 helped a worker get treatment without delay after he fell down a flight of stairs.
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07, 2021
If it looks like a duck, swims like a duck, and quacks like a duck …
A TWC2 volunteer went for a walk and came across a six-metre high hoarding. What is the ugliness that it is trying to hide from our view?
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07, 2021
Two more maid abuse cases come before the courts
Two maid abuse cases together throw a spotlight on an underlying issue: the difficulty migrant workers face when trying to get out of unhappy jobs.