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20 08, 2014

Cost implications of government policies crucial to question of foreign worker accommodation

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The Straits Times recently carried a story about foreign worker accommodation. Unfortunately, it didn't get to the heart of the matter: the way government policies affect cost and affordability considerations. The newspaper's 19 August 2014 story spoke about the rising number of vacancies at purpose-built dormitories. There are about 5,000 vacancies, said the story, though

27 07, 2014

Woolim, part 4: employer pleads guilty, fined $36,000

webmaster2019-08-30T16:33:28+08:00July 27th, 2014|News, News Flash, Our Stand|

Buried within a press release by the Ministry of Manpower dated 19 June 2014, and titled Computer firm director charged for false declaration of salaries, was a paragraph pertaining to the Woolim case that TWC2 highlighted in earlier articles. The paragraph provides a conclusion to the case, saying: More recently on 17 June 2014, Woolim

17 07, 2014

Get to the bottom of unfair maid placement fees

webmaster2019-08-30T16:33:29+08:00July 17th, 2014|News, Our Stand|

This letter by TWC2 immediate past president John Gee was published in the Straits Times on 14 July 2014: ---- Get to the bottom of unfair maid placement fees The imposition of considerable placement costs on domestic workers by many employment agencies has, regrettably, been a common practice since 1998 ("Any breach of maids' fee

17 07, 2014

Why foreign workers are reluctant to raise pay issues

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A letter by Debbie Fordyce of TWC2 was published in the print section of the Straits Times 17 July 2014. It was a follow-on to a letter by Migrant Workers' Centre, which in turn was a response to an article by Radha Basu in the Sunday Times of 6 July. --- Why foreign workers are

6 07, 2014

Give foreign workers a fair deal – Sunday Times, 6 July 2014

webmaster2019-08-30T16:33:30+08:00July 6th, 2014|Media Coverage, News, News Flash|

"COI into Little India riot suggests sensible and practical ways to improve their lives " says the subheader to a column by journalist Radha Basu in the Sunday Times of 6 July 2014. The article focussed on the recommendations contained in the Report of the Committee of Inquiry (into the recent riot) to improve the situation

6 07, 2014

Two dollars per hour

webmaster2019-08-30T16:33:30+08:00July 6th, 2014|Articles, Facts, research, analysis, Media Coverage, News|

In her column published 6 July 2014 in the Sunday Times, Radha Basu highlighted the fact that many foreign workers in Singapore are still being paid at the ridiculous rate of $2 per hour. In preparing her article, she was provided evidence of this by Transient Workers Count Too, in the form of a pay

4 07, 2014

Increasing residential segregation for foreign workers

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Recommended by the Committee of Inquiry (COI) into the Little India riot in its report released on Monday, 30 June 2014: the possibility of making services and amenities available to workers outside of areas prone to congregation i.e. Little India, thereby reducing possibilities of problematic events altogether. The COI stance, as reported in TODAY (4

4 07, 2014

Building boom leading to more workplace injuries

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Released yesterday by the Manpower Ministry, new statistics revealed a jump in construction-related deaths this year – 17 in the first half, with eight cases in January alone, up from 11 in the same period last year. Major injury cases also leaped 15 percent this period from last year to 71 cases. TODAY reported (Building

3 07, 2014

TWC2’s response to the COI Report on the Little India Riot

webmaster2019-08-30T16:33:30+08:00July 3rd, 2014|News, Our Stand, Press Releases|

Ambulance set ablaze. Photo: Straits Times Media Statement For immediate release, 3 July 2014 TWC2’s response to the COI Report on the Little India Riot TWC2 wishes to make three points in response to the Report on the Little India Riot issued 30 June 2014 by the Committee of Inquiry (COI): I) TWC2

3 07, 2014

Committee of Inquiry issues report on Little India riot

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Ambulance set ablaze. Photo: Straits Times The Committee of Inquiry on the Little India Riot made its Report public on 30 June 2014. Much of the report deals with the particulars of the incident (that occurred after 9pm on 8 December 2013) which do not have much relation to the work and mission