SMRT drivers' strike
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A mobile clinic has arrived on scene to assess the validity of medical reasons that the workers have for not turning up http://pbs.twimg.com/media/A8rXp3SCcAArsMc.jpg
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Originally posted by SMB189A:
60 Chinese SMRT Driver did not turn up for work today and have been stacked..
Wow, the situation is getting more serious.
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Originally posted by SMB189A:
A mobile clinic has arrived on scene to assess the validity of medical reasons that the workers have for not turning up http://pbs.twimg.com/media/A8rXp3SCcAArsMc.jpg
Does this mean that if the doctors find that these workers do not have valid medical reasons for not turning up, these drivers will be sacked ?
So, where do these workers get the medical certificates to apply for sick leave on yesterday ?
If these medical certificates are genuine, will this implicate the doctors who issue them with the medical certificates ?
Or SMRT management allows their drivers to just call in to report sick without any medical certificates ?
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No, they will be referred to "higher management".
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Singaporeans are easier to deal with as you can frightened and threatened them.
They will guai guai and go back to work.
If this case happened to the local, they will be arrested immediately.
For this case, if they approached the matter in a hard way, they have to sack them today.
From the worker point of view, the issue is not resolved yet so their mindset is to battle till the end.
The management have no experience in dealing with hard core workers so I am not sure whether they can resolve the matter in a peaceful way.
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A statement from SMRT says that some 60 drivers did not turn up for work today and some of whom have valid medical reasons.
Source : www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/1239610/1/.html
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Originally posted by Uraniumfish:
Wow, they came here agreeing to these terms, then still ask for same pay as sg drivers. Dont they know that the reason they are working in sg is because of the salary disparity?
Fucker still say his attitude humbler than Singaporeans, even while on a strike, how ironic.
Try this shit in China then, they will be gunned down. They just want to exploit their new found freedom and get as much money as possible.
i told you, those that cum here are usually the worse cannot get jobs in their coctry, or damn greedy ones. that's also the main reason why back in ww2 such a big country cannot win japan. notbecasue of japanese soldiers better euipped or what, there are many traitors or people that can deflect just for a few coins or to live. -
Originally posted by Medicated Oil:
Uraniumfish,
You forgot that they are not in their homeland; they can do this cos they know they will not be gun down.
With the help of media, they may get their pay increase.
Cheap = Dumb and Obedient (The management who think that they can be bullied better get their head re-examined)
This will not be the isolated case as lots of other are looking the outcome.
How come no millionsters come forward to ask them to integrate and to be cheaper, better and faster ????
news are two sied blade. now the worldand whole singaporer can see and be the judge. these people are greedy, the main reason for them been arse kicked in world war 2 by the japanese. and imagine the piping music they amplify after the war many years later , not becasue they cannot forget, but becasue they are using it as a political edge. -
Originally posted by βÎτά:
Double standards.
If Singaporeans strike, confirm 6 months jail + fine.
Trade Disputes Act (Chapter 331)
5.—(1) Any person who commences, continues or otherwise acts in furtherance of an illegal industrial action shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $2,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 6 months or to both.
this should also change. law should be ahrsher and at the same time not taxing on our taxpayer's money. fine them make them pay with their salasry for their own tickets home. canning those foreign criminals and sending them back home after confiscating their assets make a good start. -
Originally posted by Seowlah:
Does this mean that if the doctors find that these workers do not have valid medical reasons for not turning up, these drivers will be sacked ?
So, where do these workers get the medical certificates to apply for sick leave on yesterday ?
If these medical certificates are genuine, will this implicate the doctors who issue them with the medical certificates ?
Or SMRT management allows their drivers to just call in to report sick without any medical certificates ?
2012 cuming is there a plague ging around? now the doctors all belong to the same
one? what's this ah gua sissy excuse now? get mc then strike, or havent get mc doctor go onsite to verufy? comon do it quicka nd clean SMRt ans singapore gahmen, don;t let these pigs take you guys around for a ride, makes sgreans look silly. -
Originally posted by Uraniumfish:
Same as those islamic extremist countries who kill US ambassadors.
That ambassador plotted against Gaddafi, he deserved to be killed.
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Originally posted by Seowlah:
Wow, the situation is getting more serious.
its getting more situpid and silly! -
Originally posted by Seowlah:
A statement from SMRT says that some 60 drivers did not turn up for work today and some of whom have valid medical reasons.
Source : www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/1239610/1/.html
silly smrt at once 60 people dont on some diesease after visiting their own whore in joochiat and geyland issit? so while on MC can do something like strike ?SMRT do it quick and clean. sgrean support you on this one.
send them packing!
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Originally posted by SMB189A:
A mobile clinic has arrived on scene to assess the validity of medical reasons that the workers have for not turning up http://pbs.twimg.com/media/A8rXp3SCcAArsMc.jpg
like that arh - no pay no aditional money - i ke seow arh! -
SMRT bus drivers stage wage protest
SINGAPORE - Unhappy over the recent pay increase given to their Malaysian counterparts, 102 mainland Chinese SMRT bus drivers staged a sit-in yesterday morning.
They gathered beneath their dormitory in Woodlands and refused to go to work.
Chinese newspaper Shin Min Daily News reported yesterday that the mainland Chinese bus drivers demanded that they be given equal pay.
Among the protesters was Mr He, 40, who told Shin Min Daily News that they were unhappy because Malaysian drivers received a $275 increment and a month's bonus recently.
In contrast, Chinese nationals were given only an extra $75, without any bonus.
Mr He said that a few bus drivers gathered below the dormitory at 3.30am yesterday and persuaded other drivers not to go to work.
By 8am, a sizeable number of bus drivers in their uniforms had congregated, he said.
At about 9.30am, an SMRT human-resource (HR) executive and an SMRT staff member in charge of Woodlands Bus Interchange arrived to resolve the dispute.
However, when discussions came to a standstill, police officers in riot vans were called in to maintain order.
Afraid that they would be arrested for gathering illegally, the bus drivers eventually returned to their dormitory rooms.
The police told My Paper that they received a call about the protest at about 10am.
The Ministry of Manpower (MOM) said its labour-relations officers were at the Woodlands dormitory to work with the drivers and SMRT on their dispute.
A MOM spokesman said talks between SMRT management and the workers began yesterday afternoon and ended in the evening.
"MOM takes the workers' actions very seriously. There are appropriate grievance-handling processes in place, and workers are advised to speak to their HR and management to discuss and resolve any employment-related issues amicably, rather than take matters into their own hands," the spokesman said.
An SMRT spokesman said that drivers who were not rostered to work yesterday were requested to work as a result of the no-show by the 102 drivers, who will return to work today.
http://www.asiaone.com/News/Latest%2BNews/Singapore/Story/A1Story20121127-385962.html
Chinese bus drivers go on strike in Singapore: reports
SINGAPORE -- At least 100 Chinese bus drivers in Singapore refused to go to work on Monday to protest against changes to their employment terms, media said, in a rare show of defiance in a city-state where industrial action is almost unheard of.The drivers, employed by public transport operator SMRT Corp., were unhappy about having to switch to a six-day work-week with higher pay from a five-day week. The change meant less opportunity to earn overtime pay, the Chinese-language Lianhe Zaobao newspaper reported on its website.
Pictures published by Shin Min Daily News, another Chinese-language paper, showed drivers gathered on the grounds of a dormitory where they live, with policemen and vehicles belonging to riot police around the premises.
Strikes are rare in Singapore where authorities are quick to step in for fear such action could discourage investors. The last major strike was in 1986 by shipyard workers.
Lianhe Wanbao quoted a driver saying he now got about SG$1,400 (US$1,100) a month, down from more than SG$2,000 a month when he could earn more by working on days off. The Chinese drivers were also unhappy about being paid less than drivers from Singapore and Malaysia, it said.
A spokesman for SMRT declined to comment, saying the company was drafting a statement. State broadcaster Channel NewsAsia quoted the firm saying that talks were being held with the drivers.
Singapore is tightly controlled business and financial center of 5.3 million people.
Labor unrest and ethnic differences are both sensitive issues on the prosperous tropical island which depends on foreign workers, many of them from China, to do many low-paid jobs.
Many Singapore people complain about the influx of immigrants and blame the newcomers for pushing down wages, pushing up costs and increasing congestion.
The government has, in response, raised the levies companies must pay to hire low-skilled workers from abroad as well as cut the proportion of foreigners that companies can hire.
http://www.chinapost.com.tw/asia/singapore/2012/11/27/362194/Chinese-bus.htm
China drivers hit brakes
Tuesday, November 27, 2012
More than 100 Chinese bus drivers working in Singapore went on strike yesterday, disgruntled over their pay from state-linked transport firm SMRT.In a rare case of industrial action in Singapore, they refused to board a shuttle that was going to ferry them from their dormitory to a nearby depot. After talks with management - with police on standby - the drivers said they would report for work today. SMRT is 54 percent owned by state investment firm Temasek Holdings. Singapore has been hiring bus drivers from China and Malaysia because of a chronic shortage of manpower.
One of the strikers said the dispute arose because they felt aggrieved over a disparity in pay between Chinese and Malaysian bus drivers. Those from China earn a basic salary of S$1,075 (HK$6,814), while those from Malaysia earn S$1,375, the driver said. The dispute was also about the lack of bonuses for Chinese bus drivers.
The Ministry of Manpower sternly warned the 102 drivers who took part in the stoppage, saying it "takes the workers' actions very seriously" and was closely monitoring the situation.
The National Transport Workers' Union urged the drivers - who are not union members - to return to work immediately.
No major disruptions were reported during the work stoppage, which took place during Singapore's year-end school holidays, when demand for public transport is lower.
AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE
http://www.thestandard.com.hk/news_detail.asp?pp_cat=17&art_id=128699&sid=38327459&con_type=1
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Will this incident have an butterfly effect on the rest of the foreigners who are overwork and underpaid ?
If they stand firm, there is nothing the management can do to force them to drive.
Or else they will be driving the bus to Holland Village for tea break.
So, if I am the management, I am stuck.
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Originally posted by Medicated Oil:
Will this incident have an butterfly effect on the rest of the foreigners who are overwork and underpaid ?
If they stand firm, there is nothing the management can do to force them to drive.
Or else they will be driving the bus to Holland Village for tea break.
So, if I am the management, I am stuck.
that's why i say the open arse policy is the root cause for all this happening. when you allow them to mess, theyhave strenght in numbers, they do funny things. they wont reason and understand why they are here even existed in spore is becasue they are cheap. PAP and the gahmen should wake up now! pay them equal, might as well hire sgrean. employers and investors see for yourself, hire foeigners? might as well hire sgreans better! -
Originally posted by Medicated Oil:
Will this incident have an butterfly effect on the rest of the foreigners who are overwork and underpaid ?
If they stand firm, there is nothing the management can do to force them to drive.
Or else they will be driving the bus to Holland Village for tea break.
So, if I am the management, I am stuck.
It might even embolden Singaporeans to struggle against the PAP for their rights.
But these drivers cannot be compared to Singapore bus strikers in the 50s.
Hock Lee Bus strike and riots
The Hock Lee bus strike began peacefully on 23 April 1955 but escalated into a violent riot on 12 May in which four people were killed and 31 injured. During the strike, large numbers of dismissed bus workers locked themselves in the Hock Lee garages at Alexandra Road and picketed at the gates.
On 10 May, the pickets rioted when they were forcibly removed by the police. On 12 May, they were joined by several lorry loads of Chinese school students and the violence that followed led to the death of two police officers, a journalist and a student.
On 13 May, the government closed three Chinese schools for a week and ordered the expulsion of some of the ringleaders. On 14 May, the Hock Lee bus strike was settled by government arbitration on terms generally favourable to the strikers.
http://infopedia.nl.sg/articles/SIP_4_2005-01-06.html
In 1955 Lim had been elected as Singapore's youngest parliamentarian. However, a year later, after widespread riots involving industrial workers and Chinese school students, he was arrested and imprisoned on charges of being one of the leaders of the "communist united front" alleged to have been behind the riots.
Lim's own reputation was a further casualty to the riots' mayhem and bloodshed, and he was detained without trial. He denied charges that he was a communist, charges which remain unsubstantiated until today.
In a startling and revisionist essay, Dr Greg Poulgrain of Griffiths University observes that the British Governor of Singapore and his Chief Secretary in their reports to London had admitted that the police could find no evidence to establish that Lim was a communist.
Poulgrain claims it was actually Singapore's then Chief Minister, Lim Yew Hock, who had deliberately "provoked" the bus and other industrial workers and Chinese middle students to riot in 1956 in order to have Lim Chin Siong arrested.
Lim Yew Hock's own admission to responsibility for the riot appears in an official report to the British Government which Poulgrain found in the Colonial Office records in London which are now open to researchers.Lee Kuan Yew was secretly a party with Lim Yew Hock," adds Poulgrain, "in urging the Colonial Secretary to impose the subversives ban in making it illegal for former political detainees to stand for election." -
no need to quote past history, has no relation to this present case. last time its all about our local sgreans. now this case is different. its foreign cheap trash. a case sgreans has no interest in working on.
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No free lunch ??
In this case,
No Forever Cheap Labour ???
What do you think about Cheaper, Better and Faster now ???
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They got shelter, transport. Nabey.. Quite a number of these Malaysians come here to work on motorcycles, pay toll fees, blah blah blah. Still want to make so much noise sia those ATs
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gee...
why they strike?
during the time of the economy downturn, my dad had to switch to being a bus driver
for a privately owned transport company.
he starting pay at that time after deducting cpf was below a thousand
while his fellow friends were getting more in their respective jobs
it was barely enough for a family of 5 living in a 4 room flatmy mom had to stop being a full-time housewife and start working
he could complain to his boss then but it was of no avail.
the workers now on strike at least had their lodging provided for
subsidised mealshmmm...
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i think we hired more then 2,000 PRC nurses....in SG hosipitals...what happen if....( )
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the gahmen only want the easy way out. these peple dont know or botehr about total defence anymore. sg has long been invaded and lots of problemn are created by thes eforeinger cheap labors. the books and management job easy only, while the majority of sgreans are suffering everyday. they alwasy giv reasons that sgrean want high pay dont wanna work. an excuse only tohire more cheap labor. but how true were their claims? no one knows. mayb just some sttories the employers made up.
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Times are bad.
