Four little stories: Help me get out of Singapore!
After long months of confinement, workers want to go home. But it is proving nearly as difficult as breaking out of jail. Reasons for policy remain unclear.
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08, 2020
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08, 2020
Does one minister even know what another minister is doing?
Head of Covid-19 Task Force Lawrence Wong says salaries should be paid. MOM says no need to pay.
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08, 2020
Al Jazeera: Italy’s Sikh slaves
A 25-minute film about migrant workers on Italian farms: their wages, immigration status, payments to "gang-masters", despair and suicide.
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08, 2020
Two jobs in succession, both end with salary non-payment… and there’s more
Akash had a salary problem in one job. He then found a new job. Eight months later, non-payment again. We learn of worse as the interview progresses.
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08, 2020
Post-Covid, hopes and disputes emerge from deep freeze
How four workers have been affected by the suspension of many actvities during the Covid-19 lockdown from early April to early June 2020.
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08, 2020
Confinement in dorms: If regulations overreach, change the regulations
MOM now says it is not their intent to give employers unfettered power over workers' movements. But why say this over social media? Why not simply correct badly drafted law?
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08, 2020
Five questions from reporters
Recently, journalists doing follow-up stories about Covid-19 have been reaching us with similar questions. For convenience, we will put our responses here.
3
08, 2020
Government extends waiver of foreign worker levy, to taper off in 4th quarter 2020
Wkith Covid-19 restrictions continuing, foreign worker levy waivers are further extended, as are rebates. But only for certain sectors and types of employees.
3
08, 2020
Migrant bodies sacrificed on the altar of self-praise
The general community is "saved" from Covid-19 only because migrant workers are made to pay the price for us: severe confinement, never mind mental wellbeing and medical complications.
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08, 2020
Kibria and Selim held hostage by Singapore’s underground economy
Selim and Kibria, not paid for their previous jobs, are looking for new ones. They talk about inescapable demands for money from agents, supervisors and bosses.