Tag Archives: UNION

But, as time goes by, private hire vehicles have evolved, and now have become more like taxi services, minus off the taxi licensing fees. Now, it is very obvious that private hire vehicles are getting bigger in number. Rental companies have been popping up ever since. More cars are on the road, thus causing more traffic jams. And they even have an association who is asking LTA to allow them the use of a taxi stand/stop, asking also from IRAS to discuss their tax matters.

Our reader highlighted the lackluster employment scene in Singapore despite presidential hopeful Halimah Yacob's praise about gaining much from the years she spent fighting for workers' rights. He believed it is only fair if the President was never from the ruling party as it defeats the purpose of checking on the Government.

Our labour laws aren't designed to protect employees from such situations. I can only hope our Unions wake up from its slumber and lobby for tighter labour laws. Start doing what matters most. Fight for workers rights. Not NTUC link points programme.

SMRT has won the Plaque of Commendation (Gold) Award by NTUC in recognition of our continued commitment and strategic partnership with the National Transport Workers’ Union (NTWU). This was made possible through the dedication, hard work and perseverance of our employees, unions and labour partners, who have been working together to nurture a harmonious labour-management relationship of trust and confidence.

NTUC Union has called for a change to the CPF by allowing flexibility in lump sum withdrawal and greater transparency and predictability of the Minimum Sum.

The NTUC hierarchy is made up of two types of slime. The bottom slime is made up of opportunistic, useless layabouts who conveniently avoid doing any work on the excuse of doing Union work and attending Union meetings. Any attempt to get them to work and the company will be accused of being anti Union and destroying harmonious Govt/Mgt/union relations. Instead this bottom slime attend numerous off site meetings leaving their work to be done by their hapless colleagues.

Security guards can expect a big pay bump if a plan by the National Trades Union Congress (NTUC) to raise their basic monthly wages by $300 receives the green light from employers. The Straits Times understands that NTUC representatives met security firms two weeks ago and tabled a new wage ladder. The proposal includes raising the minimum basic monthly pay for guards to $1,100 per month - a substantial increase from the current $817 stated in the last Manpower Ministry salary data report released in June. If the new minimum wage is pushed through, security guards can earn about $2,100 each month with overtime, up from just $1,678 now, say industry players.

SINGAPORE — Not satisfied with the 1-percentage-point increase in the Central Provident Fund (CPF) contribution rate for all workers — taking the overall rate to 37 per cent — unionists at a post-Budget dialogue yesterday called for the CPF rate to be restored to the pre-1999 level of 40 per cent, citing rising medical costs as the reason. Speaking to reporters after chairing the dialogue involving about 200 union leaders, labour chief Lim Swee Say said unionists also asked if the Government’s previously-stated long-term target of 30 to 36 per cent was still relevant, since the new overall contribution rate already exceeds the range.

Some 2,900 unionised workers in Singapore were laid off in 2013 -- a 76 per cent spike from 2012, when about 1,650 unionised workers were displaced. About 90 per cent of total retrenchments in the unionised sector came from manufacturing. The labour movement, the National Trades Union Congress (NTUC), attributed this to firms relocating operations out of Singapore, or the shutting down of production facilities.