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However ready we are to help workers in need, systemic improvement of the situation for migrant workers can only be achieved through advocacy. It is advocacy that leads to better policies and enlightened public opinion.
TWC2 engages with policy makers, business and community leaders with the aim of changing attitudes, improving policies and administrative responses.
We also conduct talks in schools and other public venues in the interest of public education.
To support our advocacy, we conduct research into migrant worker issues and compile data from the actual cases we see through our Direct Services and the Cuff Road Food Programme.
OUR VISION Transient Workers Count Too (TWC2) promotes fair treatment for migrant workers. We envision a society that recognizes and values the important contribution they make to our households, economy and country. All labour is dignified and should be treated with respect and consideration. Ethnicity, colour, gender, language, religion or class are irrelevant – no worker should...
Posted on September 18, 2011 inTransient Workers Count Too (TWC2) is a non-profit organisation registered under the Societies Act (Registration number ROS 0117/2004 WEL, registration date: August 12, 2004). We are also a Registered Charity (Charity registration number 01971) under the National Council of Social Service (NCSS) and the Internal Revenue Authority of Singapore (IRAS). TWC2 is headed by an Executive...
Posted on September 18, 2011 in
Foreign domestic workers in Singapore work an average of 14 hours per day, and only 12% have at least one day off per week. Employers who give their foreign domestic worker (FDW) a day off tend to couch it in terms of employment rights while those who do not give their maids a day off...
Posted on June 27, 2011 in Articles, Facts and research