TWC2 urges National Wages Council to set fair and non-discriminatory pay guidelines
Transient Workers Count Too and HOME sent a joint letter to the National Wages Council in April 2011: — 5 April 2011 The Secretary National Wages Council C/O Labour Relations Department Level 6, Ministry of Manpower 18 Havelock Road Singapore 059764 Dear Sir, VIEWS ON NATIONAL WAGES GUIDELINES 2011 The Humanitarian Organisation for Migration Economics...
Gambling: Should migrant workers be barred from casinos?
When they first opened, there was some excitement over the issue of migrant workers going to Singapore’s casinos. During the first week after the Resorts World casino opened on Sentosa Island, there were reports that male migrant workers were ‘swarming’ it, grabbing free drinks and generally getting in the way of local gamblers – and,...
Employment agency licensing regulations prohibit holding workers’ passports
In response to the article Employer’s passport to trouble, published in Today, January 25, 2010, John Gee wrote to journalist Esther Ng: Dear Esther, I hope that you’ve had mostly positive reactions to your article on the retention of migrant workers’ passports by agents and employers. It is an issue that TWC2 has raised a...
Stop transporting workers in open-backed trucks, urges TWC2
Tnis letter was sent to the Straits Times on May 19, 2009: — Dear ST, It was saddening to read your report of the accident in which four men were killed and six injured on Monday morning. Accidents are bound to happen on the roads from time to time, despite all the efforts made to make...
A day off for all
Remarks by then TWC2 president, John Gee, at a forum organised by students at National University of Singapore, 9th November 2007: ‘The Maltreatment of Migrant Workers: Myths, Causes and Consequences’. Today, I want to speak particularly about the issue of a regular day off for domestic workers. Around half the women from other countries who...
