Sinkholes on the road home
The permanent night shift made Zhong literally ill, but the employer would not allow a shift change. So he resigned, but going home was one problem after another.
10
04, 2022
8
12, 2021
46 days’ quarantine for worker arriving from Bangladesh
A worker who came to Singapore in September 2021 gives us details of the pre-departure and post-arrival quarantines he had to serve.
15
10, 2021
Covid-19 crisis at Jalan Tukang dormitory — some immediate comments from TWC2
Hundreds of mostly unvaccinated workers came down with Covid-19 at a dormitory, but the scene was set well before by government policies or neglect.
31
08, 2021
800 deaths a year — and life carries on normally
Covid-19 is not the only easily transmissible disease around. There's another and it's been killing more people for years. Yet, we didn't lock up our workers.
15
08, 2021
How the Westlite Juniper cluster shows the argument for locking up workers is flawed
Far from justifying continued confinement of migrant workers in dorms, the cluster in Westlite Juniper shows how hollow the argument for confinement is.
7
08, 2021
Research report: Barriers and facilitators to Covid-19 vaccination among migrant domestic workers
This research study mapped the unique obstacles (and enablers) to Covid-19 vaccination pertinent to migrant domestic workers in Singapore.
7
08, 2021
Danny and Lin needed medical care but their employers ducked, part 2
The doctor said he had to operate, telling the patient not to worry about the cost since the employer should have insurance cover. "What?" she said. "I didn't know."
6
08, 2021
Danny and Lin needed medical care, but their employers ducked, part 1
Danny was faced with a $34,000 hospital bill and was looking for help. Our first questions were: Why isn't the employer paying? What's the law for?
22
07, 2021
No information on vaccine, yet no vaccine hesitancy
In a recent study, male migrant workers were keen on getting vaccinated but there are problems with getting information and getting vaccination slots
19
07, 2021
Some latest numbers on dorm population and vaccination
Triangulating from various figures published recently, the latest estimate for Singapore's dorm population is 275,000, of whom about 45% are fully vaccinated.