Nearly one in three work accidents might not have been reported to the authorities due to doctors in private practice under-issuing medical leave, a TWC2 survey has found. Only because the worker subsequently makes his way to a public hospital does he get enough medical leave to make it a reportable incident. The Workman's Injury
By Gabriel Liong When Monir first arrived in Singapore in 2007, he came with the hopes of supporting his family, and of one day returning to Bangladesh with a brighter future. After six years, these hopes have yet to be realised; instead, Monir now finds himself S$5,000 in debt. Recalling his situation, Monir intones sadly,
The two guys showed up at our office looking for help with accommodation and money for food. But they didn't look at all like the workers we usually see from China. Recalls Kenneth Soh, TWC2's social worker, "They were very fair, smooth-skinned and good-looking, completely different from the sunburnt construction workers we normally see." A
By Keith W It was a Wednesday like many other Wednesdays. The men got out of bed, washed, grabbed whatever passed for breakfast, dressed and went down to the street to wait for the lorry which would take them to the worksite. Only, this Wednesday, 30 January 2013, the lorry never came. "We call boss,"
By YC Loh Transient Workers Count Too sees thousands of cases a year. One might think we've seen all the many ways workers get the short end of the stick. And yet Elias' story illustrates a new way to deprive a worker of his just salary. Elias Sherajul Islam, 25, was employed by a parquet flooring company
Three of the eighteen workers interviewed in our straw poll By Wang Ting It is a chilly, drizzly evening. A crowd of people, mostly foreign workers from India and Bangladesh, swamp the registration desk of Transient Workers Count Too's free meal service. There's a lot of talking, making the place lively. We are
"He needs to be around somebody at all hours," says Debbie Fordyce, co-ordinator of TWC2's Cuff Road Project. "The epileptic fit can come at any time, and someone needs to catch him to make sure he doesn't fall and hurt himself." Fortunately, TWC2 has hundreds of workers on our register at any one time, idled
Media Statement: Transient Workers Count Too (TWC2) is gravely concerned that current bad haze conditions will affect the health of workers in many trades, e.g. construction, marine, sanitation, landscaping. TWC2 strongly urges the government to impose a mandatory Stop Work Order when 3-hour average PSI readings, issued hourly, exceed 200, or when PM2.5 readings exceed
By Low Guan Hong Having to work without safety equipment is a common problem faced by migrant workers. And when one decided to speak up for his basic right, he paid a hefty price for it. Md Shobuj Mia Md Sulaiman started work in a tentage company as a signalman for the crane operator on
By Teo Yi Hui Many people who have not heard Shobuj’s story would be forgiven for assuming that he is just like another of the many young Bangladeshi men in Singapore earning a living and getting on with life. His youthful appearance and smiling countenance betray nothing of the fact that not only has life
