The need to empower labour unions in our increasingly inequitable society
In a week dominated by news of the SMRT PRC bus drivers’ strike, Henry Blodget, editor-in-chief of the popular capitalist web site, www.BusinessInsider.com, wrote an unusually favourable opinion on the need for trade unions in America’s increasingly inequitable society. Also, at the same time, we had PM Lee Hsien Loong defend...
Lui: Fare increases next year will factor in pay increases of bus drivers
Transport Minister Lui Tuck Yew During a tour of the Tampines bus interchange yesterday (6 Dec), Transport Minister Lui Tuck Yew said that any fare adjustments made next year will have to factor in pay increases of bus drivers. And he said that the salaries of bus drivers will be raised. He said, "There will have to be, I think,...
The fallacy of trading away workers’ rights for their economic benefits
The recent strike action by a group of drivers drew many different responses from Singaporeans. Some quickly criticise the drivers for breaking the law ... never mind if the laws are just or unjust, they have to be followed. Others view the incident as a slap on the face for the PAP govt for its foreign talent policy as...
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