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19 12, 2012

TWC2 supports due process for SMRT drivers

webmaster2019-08-30T16:35:21+08:00December 19th, 2012|News, Our Stand, Uncategorized|

In response to the labour dispute that erupted between SMRT Corp and its China bus drivers on 26 November 2012, the Singapore government has termed it an “illegal strike” and instituted legal proceedings against five of the drivers. One of them has since pleaded guilty and been sentenced to 6 weeks in jail. Following that,

17 08, 2012

On the proposed amendments to the Employment of Foreign Manpower Act (August 2012)

webmaster2019-08-30T16:35:26+08:00August 17th, 2012|News, Our Stand, Uncategorized|

Amendments to the Employment of Foreign Manpower Act (EFMA) were tabled before Parliament on Monday, 13 August 2012 by Acting Manpower Minister Tan Chuan-jin. It is likely that debate and passage will take place about a month later. Transient Workers Count Too welcomes most of the proposed amendments; they represent important steps in the right

4 08, 2012

Dumping an injured worker is “reprehensible behaviour”

webmaster2019-08-30T16:35:59+08:00August 4th, 2012|News, Our Stand, Uncategorized|

This is in reference to the conviction of Tay Kok Eng for dumping a badly injured worker on the sidewalk. See news snippet: Employer pleads guilty to leaving worker to die by roadside. It's likely that the employer in this case left the worker assuming he would die and would not be able to identify

19 07, 2012

Two more migrant workers killed in worksite accident

webmaster2019-08-30T16:36:01+08:00July 19th, 2012|News, Our Stand, Uncategorized|

Two Chinese workers were killed and eight other migrant workers injured when scaffolding at the Bugis station worksite collapsed, deluging the two workers below with wet cement. The construction industry is one of the most hazardous industries for workers in countries worldwide. Singapore is not exceptional in this respect. The rate of fatalities in this

11 07, 2012

Workers should be ferried in buses, not lorries

webmaster2019-08-30T16:36:02+08:00July 11th, 2012|News, Our Stand, Uncategorized|

Following a serious road accident on 3 July 2012 in which one Indian worker was killed, former TWC2 president John Gee wrote a letter to The New Paper. It is reproduced below as published on 9 July 2012: --- Enclosed vehicles safer for workers The New Paper’s coverage of the accident on Tanah Merah Coast Road,

4 06, 2012

Proposals for the amendment of Regulations issued under the Employment of Foreign Manpower Act

webmaster2019-08-30T16:36:02+08:00June 4th, 2012|Articles, Facts, research, analysis, News, Our Stand|

The EFMA governs the employment of foreign staff in Singapore. The great majority of non-Singaporean employees are low-salaried migrant workers.Out of over one million non-Singaporeans employed in the country in 2011, 870,000 are low paid workers considered to be semi-skilled who are present on work permits. Perhaps another 100,000 are S-Pass holders. Currently, work permits

4 06, 2012

Proposals for the amendment of the Employment of Foreign Manpower Act (EFMA)

webmaster2019-08-30T16:36:02+08:00June 4th, 2012|Articles, Facts, research, analysis, News, Our Stand|

The EFMA governs the employment of foreign personnel in Singapore. The great majority of non-Singaporean employees are low-salaried migrant workers. TWC2 brought together a legal team to work on proposals for the amendment of EFMA and the regulations issued under it – specifically, the different types of work pass. TWC2 is grateful to those who

9 04, 2012

Better enforcement needed in helping injured foreign workers

webmaster2019-08-30T16:36:03+08:00April 9th, 2012|News, Our Stand|

The subject of paying for medical treatment needed by foreign workers came up in a letter by a Jeffrey Law published by the Straits Times in its online edition on March 14, 2012. Below it is the reply by the Ministry of Manpower, followed by a letter by Debbie Fordyce, a member of TWC2's executive

10 03, 2012

Indranee Rajah takes Manpower ministry to task — comment

alex2019-08-30T16:36:05+08:00March 10th, 2012|News, Our Stand|

At last, somebody within the ruling party has noticed a problem that Transient Workers Count Too have known about for years, and tried to bring to the Manpower ministry's attention repeatedly: there are plenty of injured workers in Singapore heartlessly abandoned by the system. Indranee Rajah, the People's Action Party member of parliament for Tanjong

6 03, 2012

TWC2’s stand on trafficking in persons

webmaster2019-08-30T16:36:21+08:00March 6th, 2012|News, Our Stand|

Prepared by John Gee for TWC2 Trafficking in persons means the moving people to a place other than their home area through coercion or deception for the purpose of exploitation. It has three elements: Actions: Recruitment, transportation or receipt of human beings; Means: The threat or use of force, other forms of coercion, or deception;