Interesting updates related to migrant worker issues

16 06, 2015

Straits Times: Workers lose savings in fire at dorm

2019-08-30T16:32:30+08:00June 16th, 2015|News, News Flash|

Photo from Straits Times, Desmond Foo A fire destroyed a workers' dormitory in Choa Chu Kang on Thursday 11 June 2015. This was reported in the Straits Times the day after. The fire was extinguished within an hour, but three firefighters were hurt. The newspaper reported: The dormitory houses about 250 workers, but

16 05, 2015

Retiree guilty of hitting, pouring bleach on maid

2019-08-30T16:32:31+08:00May 16th, 2015|News, News Flash|

Lum Wai Lui, 74, pleaded guilty to two charges on 13 May 2015 of abusing a domestic worker in the family home. She had slapped and poured bleach on Filipina Jonna Memeje Muegue, 25, as 'punishment'. The domestic worker had been accused of eating a salmon meal that was not meant for her. The Straits

16 05, 2015

Bangladeshi construction worker fined $40,000; acted as unlicensed employment agent

2019-08-30T16:32:31+08:00May 16th, 2015|News, News Flash|

For a payment of $3,000, Ahmead Rubel, 28, found a job for fellow Bangladeshi, Jabed, to work as a construction worker in Nanjing Minglu Construction Engineering Co. Ltd. For conducting employment agency activities without a valid employment agency licence, Rubel -- himself a construction worker -- was fined $40,000 in default four months' imprisonment, reported

23 04, 2015

igiveadayoff.org

2019-08-30T16:32:32+08:00April 23rd, 2015|News, News Flash|

What may help the bonding with your child is also a fundamental worker’s right: a weekly day off | Watch the video at http://Igiveadayoff.org  | Read TWC2's press release (next item below)

20 04, 2015

BBC features a 17,000-man dormitory

2019-08-30T16:32:33+08:00April 20th, 2015|Media Coverage, News, News Flash|

Headlined Singapore is keeping an eye on its foreign workers, the BBC did a report (14 April 2015) on Tuas View Dormitory, said to be the largest in Singapore, housing 17,000 migrant workers. While showcasing its facilities, it also discusses the surveillance system incorporated into its design and operations. The question of its location, at

11 04, 2015

Medical Council hauls 2 doctors to disciplinary tribunal

2019-08-30T16:32:52+08:00April 11th, 2015|News, News Flash|

Jolovan Wham, Executive Director of fellow migrant-worker NGO, the Humanitarian Organisation for Migration Economics (HOME) posted on his Facebook page the news that the Singapore Medical Council is holding a disciplinary tribunal over two doctors.   TWC2's clients have reported very similar experiences: severe injuries, yet given only one or two days' medical leave. Workers

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