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1. Parti Sosialis Malaysia and JERIT is not amused by the continuous flip-flop and gymnastics surrounding the Minimum Wage Act and also not amused on the proposed amendments to the Labour Laws. 2. Over the years the Government has consistently implement anti-labour laws / pro capitalist laws. It is common knowledge that previous Trade Unions laws, Industrial Relations Acts were specifically designed to help the foreign companies investing in Malaysia. 3. The stark reality is that the Ruling Government’s is not interested in implementing the – Retrenchment fund , Minimum wage Act, Automatic registration of Trade Unions and Priority of Wages & Termination benefits over other Debts (to over ride Companies Act) 4. What the ruling Government does is to curb workers rights and union rights, in perpetuity. Today this Government unabashedly continues to propose new amendments to please the FDI and perpetuate the Neo-liberal regimes. The Failure of the Market PSM is pleased to hear that the Minister has finally realized the failure of the market forces. PSM had over the years cautioned and condemned the Government for relying on market forces to determine the well being of the workers who happen to be the greater majority of the people. We have all the while called for State Intervention in resolving the woes of the workers. The Government who until now have been telling the world that it cannot implement Minimum Wage Act because of their strong adherence to the Market Philosophy as duly noted by the former Human Resources Minister Datuk Wira Dr Fong Chan Onn – ‘ The government will not adopt the minimum wage policy but instead allow market forces determine the salary level. "That was the government's basic philosophy.’ Now the government has to eat its own words as the current Human Resources Minister Dr S Subramaniam said that the National Employment Return study in 2009 stressed on the need for wages to be increased, especially after the ministry discovered that it was difficult to rely on market forces alone. |
