Stories about workers’ experiences, the many ways our volunteers help, insights and facts that TWC2 have unearthed

26 06, 2016

Govindarasu, though injured, says his employer did their best for him

2019-08-30T16:32:01+08:00June 26th, 2016|Articles, Stories|

By Vivek R “They tell me Singapore is very good,” says Muthusamy Govindarasu. “But cannot throw rubbish and must behave well. If not police fine you.” Govindarasu hails from a small town in Tamil Nadu, India. Having only had a secondary school education, for Govindarasu and many foreign workers like him, Singapore is seen as

24 06, 2016

Arm in sling, denied medical treatment for a year

2019-08-30T16:32:01+08:00June 24th, 2016|Articles, Stories|

https://youtu.be/M4VrPkuDZWg Video by Nicole Ng, text by Colin Ng The above video was produced in June 2016, sixteen months after Anowar suffered his injury. Throughout the months following the injury, Anowar did not get much-needed surgery for his shoulder. Some injury cases, like Farid’s, go smoothly and the worker receives the treatment and compensation

14 06, 2016

How we walked Muslem Motalb, with broken knee, home

2019-08-30T16:32:02+08:00June 14th, 2016|Articles, Stories|

Muslem Motalb will always remember Transient Workers Count Too fondly. "I [will] never forget TWC2," he told us in the days before he went home. "Many people in TWC2 help me so much." We'll tell the story here of what we did to help bring his case to a successful conclusion. It took almost a

10 06, 2016

There are laws about salary payment and work permits, no?

2019-08-30T16:32:02+08:00June 10th, 2016|Articles, Stories|

By Kan Ren Jie For many Singaporean employees, it would be unthinkable for our employers to stop paying our monthly salaries.   Many of us are accustomed (and excited!) to see our bank balance increase every month like clockwork.   However, this basic confidence is denied to many foreign workers.  My conversations with two men, Ali Abbas

8 06, 2016

Discovering that they’re boys again

2019-08-30T16:32:02+08:00June 8th, 2016|Articles, Happenings|

"Never before, I touch a fighter jet," said Dharmaraj, "and sit inside helicopter, pilot seat."  Meanwhile, Amin just beamed broadly, unable to say which moment was the most interesting for him. They went on Friday 20 May 2016 to the Air Force open house, held at Changi airport. The outing was organised by TWC2's Discover

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