Labour relations

12 09, 2016

The name of the devil is process: how regulatory process creates and sustains the disempowerment and injustices faced by migrant labour

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For a few years now, Transient Workers Count Too has been asked to give a talk to journalists gathered at the annual Asia Journalism Fellowship. The following videos are adapted from the talk that Alex Au gave on 8 September 2016. There were about 20 journalists in TWC2's Dayspace, from various Asian countries, Pakistan to

9 09, 2016

Razib’s simple foot injury grows into a struggle for treatment, housing and money

Volunteer Writing Team2019-08-30T16:32:00+08:00September 9th, 2016|Articles, Stories|

By Seah Bei Ying A heavy steel rod smashed into Razibozzaman's right foot Saturday night, fracturing a bone within. Pain shot up, and would stay with him for over a week till he made his way, against his boss' wishes, to a proper hospital. This was the same boss who told him that he would

28 08, 2016

Bleeding badly from injured hand, Juyel ferried from doctor to doctor

Volunteer Writing Team2019-08-30T16:32:00+08:00August 28th, 2016|Articles, Stories|

By De Sheng Poh “So many pain, so many blood.” remarked Juyel as he recounted his harrowing experience immediately following a serious injury sustained in the line of work. Earning an average of $1,200 a month, Md Juyel Hossain Md Abdul Hai, a Bangladeshi national, is the sole breadwinner of his extended family, which consists of

20 08, 2016

Broken arm left untreated for almost 24 hours

Volunteer Writing Team2019-08-30T16:32:00+08:00August 20th, 2016|Articles, Stories|

By Natalie Choy An unsightly line stretches along Bangladeshi national Sujel's left forearm. The 12-stitch surgical scar is large enough to be distracting. “Inside have long metal rod,”Broken he explains, as he gently presses on the stitched area to show me where the rod was surgically inserted. The 25-year-old, who came to Singapore in 2013,

9 08, 2016

Happy National Day, Singapore

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BirHyB4uoHM Video by Nicole Ng Sheikh Mizan found himself in a seriously disadvantaged position -- his employer flatly told him he could expect no compensation for losing a finger at work. Yet in his story is something for Singaporeans to celebrate this National Day.

26 06, 2016

Govindarasu, though injured, says his employer did their best for him

Volunteer Writing Team2019-08-30T16:32:01+08:00June 26th, 2016|Articles, Stories|

By Vivek R “They tell me Singapore is very good,” says Muthusamy Govindarasu. “But cannot throw rubbish and must behave well. If not police fine you.” Govindarasu hails from a small town in Tamil Nadu, India. Having only had a secondary school education, for Govindarasu and many foreign workers like him, Singapore is seen as

6 06, 2016

How dare you ask about injury compensation!

Volunteer Writing Team2019-08-30T16:32:02+08:00June 6th, 2016|Articles, Stories|

By Gek Han In sixteen years of working in Singapore, Islam Aminur has been diligent and careful, working without an accident. But luck turned against him in December 2015. A heavy, 20kg block of metal fell on his thumb, necessitating surgery at the National University Hospital (NUH). Aminur was given 25 days medical leave ("MC"). Following procedure, he

3 05, 2016

Ahmmad’s life turned upside down after accident

Volunteer Writing Team2019-08-30T16:32:02+08:00May 3rd, 2016|Articles, Stories|

By Lee Zi Xin “I have nothing to do every day”, says Ahmmad, as he speaks to me about the long wait for closure of his injury compensation claim. It's been four months since the accident, and he has been out of work since. His relationship with his boss has deteriorated and his former workmates appear

25 04, 2016

Two years after accident, Lutfor Rahman still waiting for case conclusion

Volunteer Writing Team2019-08-30T16:32:03+08:00April 25th, 2016|Articles, Stories|

By Kan Ren Jie I ask Lutfor Rahman how he is, and I am struck by his frank answer: ‘I now very bad. Now no job, makan got problem.’ While Rahman initially appears cheerful when I sit down and talk with him at TWC2's free meals programme, laughing at some of our jokes about girlfriends,

4 04, 2016

Pierced by steel rod, nineteen stitches, but not one ‘How are you doing?’

Volunteer Writing Team2019-08-30T16:32:03+08:00April 4th, 2016|Articles, Stories|

By Zoe Lin As Islam Rezaul turned on his mobile phone to show me photos of his injury, I couldn’t help but gasp in shock at the sight of them. There was a stab wound about the size of a 50-cent coin and a long line of stitches that ran through the side of his body. I