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30 11, 2013

Worker couldn’t tell family he’s injured: “I know they will headache”

2019-08-30T16:34:14+08:00November 30th, 2013|Articles, Stories|

By Gabriel Liong After working a long shift plus an additional four hours of overtime, Sahajan was looking forward to a restful night. It was 9.15pm. His day at the shipyard had begun at 7.30am. Climbing into the back of his company’s lorry, Sahajan made himself comfortable for the ride back to the dormitory. Little

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29 11, 2013

Do workers exaggerate their injuries? Part 1

2019-08-30T16:34:14+08:00November 29th, 2013|Articles, Facts, research, analysis, Media Coverage, News, Our Stand|

An article in the Straits Times, 9 November 2013, on workers'  injuries and medical leave prompted a small flurry of letters to the newspaper's Forum page. The initial article, headlined 'Hospitals give too much sick leave for injuries: Bosses' reported that Bosses are crying foul that foreign workers are getting too much medical leave from

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29 11, 2013

Do workers exaggerate their injuries? Part 2

2019-08-30T16:34:14+08:00November 29th, 2013|Articles, Facts, research, analysis, Media Coverage, News, Stories|

The scab on one of Das Thiru's knees about three weeks after the accident Continued from PART  'The employers believe these workers exaggerate their injuries to fool doctors' – so reported the Straits Times on 9 November 2013 (‘Hospitals give too much sick leave for injuries: Bosses’ by Amelia Tan) Is this true?

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28 11, 2013

Menton diary, part 4

2019-08-30T16:34:15+08:00November 28th, 2013|Articles, Stories|

GO TO PART   23 November 2013, Saturday At last, the story appears in the Straits Times, but it's quite deeply buried within the local news section. The Online Citizen has a longer story. For a summary of both stories, see Menton Technologies' failure to pay salaries in the news.  Alex visits one of the Geylang

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24 11, 2013

Menton diary, part 3

2019-08-30T16:34:15+08:00November 24th, 2013|Articles, Stories|

GO TO PART     21 November 2013, Thursday First thing this morning, our social workers call the Menton workers from Geylang, whom we met yesterday, to ask if they had a place to sleep last night and whether breakfast has been catered. They say Yes to both. We're glad to hear that. This means MOM has

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23 11, 2013

Menton diary, part 2

2019-08-30T16:34:15+08:00November 23rd, 2013|Articles, Stories|

GO TO PART     20 November 2013, Wednesday Through the course of the day, about four groups of men come in, until the total reaches about forty. Our main room and social workers'  room have no more walking space. We've run out of chairs and some men are sitting on the floor. Similar to what we

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23 11, 2013

Menton diary, part 1

2019-08-30T16:34:15+08:00November 23rd, 2013|Articles, Stories|

18 Nov 2013, Monday evening A small group of five men approach TWC2 executive committee members Debbie Fordyce and Alex Au at our free meals location in Little India, telling us that they've not been paid and have lost their jobs. Two more workers arrive and Alex sits down with all seven of them to

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