Ferdous feels overwhelmed by problems: injury, unpaid salary, unrecovered recruitment fees, borrowing money to pay for treatment, delays due to Covid-19....
In Singapore, we rush to digitise many things, but forget that in the process, groups of already-disadvantaged people get left further behind.
We hoped to find out how workers navigated the procedure for going out on rest days. Instead we found that most weren't going anywhere.
Sharif wasn't feeling well and wanted to rest in his room rather than go to work. As many employers of migrant workers do, a fine was to be imposed for absence.
The term "helper" seems to be growing in popularity, but TWC2 disagrees with its use.
Workers' experiences during the lock-down: a sister helping another who lost her job, a worker who came to Singapore and found a missing employer, a worker stuck here worried about his collapsing house...
Domestic workers have been "advised" to stay in employers' residences during their rest days since the early days of the Covid-19 pandemic. No end in sight. What about those who have to live with abusive employers?
Workers' experiences during the lock-down: about anxiety, life in a temporary hospital, vanishing salaries, financial disaster. Also about the things going on at TWC2: donations pouring in and volunteers running around.
A worker under TWC2's care was diagnosed with Covid-19. What does treatment and recovery for a foreign worker feel like? What unresolved issues remain? We interview him by phone.
Some employers impose penalties for workers falling sick In these Covid-19 times, this is a dangerous practice. Such company polices must be stamped out for good.