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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 be subjected to inhumane or degrading treatment.
Employers should conduct their business honourably, responsibly and compensate their staff promptly and fairly.
OUR MISSION
Through ground research and engagement with policy makers and employers, we at TWC2 advocate a more enlightened policy framework for migrant labour in Singapore.
We shall extend assistance to workers in need to ensure that they have fair resolution of their cases, dignity in work and living conditions, access to medical care, and protection of their rightful autonomy.
By engaging in public education, we shall promote the social conditions in which exploitation, abuse and injustice become history.
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
From TWC2 members’ newsletter, Sept-Oct 2009: Sometimes TWC2 has calls about domestic workers who don’t get enough food to eat. There are not many – just eight last year, for example – but we know other organisations receive similar calls. This is a serious type of abuse and so even a small number of cases...
Posted on January 20, 2010 in Articles, StoriesWhile this is a report by Amnesty International on Malaysia, Singapore too canes visa overstayers (see Fact sheet: Overstaying by more than 90 days can lead to caning). However, TWC2 does not have statistics on the number of persons so punished in Singapore. —— Malaysian government reveals nearly 30,000 foreigners caned by Amnesty International March...
Posted on March 11, 2011 in News, News Flash