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SMRT strike – it’s about employees, not nationalities

SMRT strike – it’s about employees, not nationalities

The government's online feedback portal, REACH, reported that "over seven in 10Singaporeans surveyed felt that… SMRT's China bus drivers were wrong to have staged last week's illegal strike." Today newspaper reported the findings as such: "The majority of Singaporeans thought that the Chinese bus drivers involved in last week's... 

A statistical analysis of the SMRT strike? – Balancing Growth, Foreigners & Meritocracy

A statistical analysis of the SMRT strike? – Balancing Growth, Foreigners & Meritocracy

I refer to the articles “Pay rise for Chinese drivers stays at $25” and “SMRT bus driver jailed six weeks over strike” (Straits Times, Dec 4). A great deal has been written about the SMRT drivers’ strike. I thought it may be interesting to try to do an analysis of the issue from a statistical perspective. Bus drivers’... 

Bus strike exposes dilemma of contract workers

Bus strike exposes dilemma of contract workers

One of the practices which has been exposed as unfair by the recent bus strike by the SMRT drivers from People's Republic of China (PRC), is how workers wages and working conditions can be unfairly skewed to favour the employers, bypassing workers' collective agreements. SMRT maintains that the wages of its Chinese workers,... 



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