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7 04, 2014

Net pay $351 a month, Jamal couldn’t take it any longer

Volunteer Writing Team2019-08-30T16:33:33+08:00April 7th, 2014|Articles, Stories|

By Pan Chuen Faced with an impossible situation filled with uncertainty, what would you do? Md Jamal Abdul Aziz Maji, 29, is a Bangladeshi worker who worked in Singapore for thirteen months before his patience over unpaid overtime ran out. Unhappy about an employee asserting his right to be paid, Jamal's boss cancelled his work

6 04, 2014

At the Cuff Road Project, injury cases more than doubled 2013 over 2011

webmaster2019-08-30T16:33:33+08:00April 6th, 2014|Articles, Facts, research, analysis|

The number of injury cases seen at the Cuff Road Project more than doubled between 2011 and 2013, latest figures show. In 2011, our volunteers saw 807 injured workers; it shot up to 1,523 cases in 2012, and rose some more in 2013, to 1,791. However, the total numbers seen at our meal programme increased

6 04, 2014

Cuff Road Project 2013: Statistics

webmaster2019-08-30T16:33:33+08:00April 6th, 2014|Articles, Facts, research, analysis|

The Cuff Road Food Programme is Transient Workers Count Too’s signature project. It provides free meals to migrant workers six days a week when they are injured or otherwise out of work and destitute. It also offers an important contact point between the organisation and those in need of help. Workers not only get nourishment,

5 04, 2014

Mahbub has been depending on charity for two whole years

Volunteer Writing Team2019-08-30T16:33:33+08:00April 5th, 2014|Articles, Stories|

By Sonia Pillai “Family just cry," says Mahbub, 26, of their helplessness after learning of his injury. "Now everything cannot. My cousin, my uncle, my friend borrow (he means 'lent') me money, I cannot give back.” He had borrowed $8,000 to pay his agent for this job. It's been two whole years since. A fall

30 03, 2014

Our accounts reflect our frugality

webmaster2019-08-30T16:33:33+08:00March 30th, 2014|Articles, Facts, research, analysis, News, News Flash|

In 2013, over 90 percent of TWC2's spending went towards charitable activities, benefitting our clients in a relatively direct way. We spend little on overheads, reflecting a philosophy of frugality we are proud of. Total expenditure in the year was $481,139, leaving us with a surplus of $254,755 from the year's income of $735,894. About

30 03, 2014

Gripped by two repatriation agents, Monjor is taken to airport

Volunteer Writing Team2019-08-30T16:33:34+08:00March 30th, 2014|Articles, Stories|

By Joyce Wong Monjor's boss wanted him to accept a lower pay than previously agreed. He refused. Then repatriation agents came. Last month, testifying before the Committee of Inquiry looking into the Little India riots, Kevin Teoh of MOM's Foreign Manpower Management Division, said, as reported in Today newspaper: Asked about the framework in place

27 03, 2014

How ‘law’ fails migrant workers

webmaster2019-08-30T16:33:34+08:00March 27th, 2014|Articles, Happenings, News, Our Stand|

At the Migrant Awareness Week organised by students in the law school of National University of Singapore, 3 - 7 March 2014, a whole host of activities were on the calendar. For the forum of 3 March, TWC2 vice-president Alex Au (pictured above with HOME's Celine Dermine on his left) gave a presentation. Below is

24 03, 2014

Nose healed, Rana ready to go back to work, but boss won’t have him

Volunteer Writing Team2019-08-30T16:33:34+08:00March 24th, 2014|Articles, News, Our Stand, Stories|

By Woo Haoqi Instead of providing for his family, Rana Md Masud depends on his uncle for financial support. This uncle is also working in Singapore, but it doesn't change the fact that Rana is a burden to his family. Says Alex Au, TWC2 Vice president, “Rana represents one of those cases whom TWC2 feels

21 03, 2014

230 retail employees face jail

Volunteer Writing Team2019-08-30T16:33:34+08:00March 21st, 2014|Articles, News, News Flash, Stories|

By Lucas Ho Selvam (not his real name) rests his head, heavy with worry, in his hand. "I very worry," he says. "So many nights I cannot sleep." He knows about a recent the report in the Straits Times: "22 Indian nationals charged for false declaration of salaries," ran the headline in the Straits Times

20 03, 2014

Malaysians form the largest group of work permit holders by nationality

webmaster2019-08-30T16:33:35+08:00March 20th, 2014|Articles, Facts, research, analysis|

In yet another example of the Ministry of Manpower releasing data in dribs and drabs, Kevin Teoh, the divisional director of MOM's Foreign Manpower Management Division told the Committee of Inquiry looking into the Little India riots: Mr Teoh also clarified that of the 1.1 million foreign non-domestic workers in Singapore, about 330,000 were employment pass and