Jaringan Rakyat Tertindas - JERIT

 AKTA GAJI MINIMA SEKARANG

 

 " The Government is not going to grant a standard wage,  be it RM900 or RM1500 a month to all sectors"   NST, 3 Jun 2008 

 Jaringan Rakyat Tertindas (JERIT) mengecam kenyataan Menteri Sumber Manusia, Datuk Dr. S. Subramaniam  bahawa Gaji Minima untuk pekerja swasta secara keseluruhannya tidak akan diimplimentasi di Malaysia.  Ini adalah penganiyaan besar kepada 90% pekerja sektor swasta di Malaysia.

Toni Kassim or Zaitun Mohammed Kassim - When u meet her for the first time, you will immediately feel comfortable with her as she she is so bubbly, cheerful and friendly as for a moment you will feel that you have known her forever.

Her passion was always strong for human rights and equality. Her perspective on various issues related to human rights, women rights and of course gender equality and Islam was always progressive and clear.She was so vocal in voicing out her views and she was different in many ways

"We want 4 acres land and a meeting with Inch Kenneth Kajang as soon as possible

to resolve this issue which is 20 years old"

 These are the demands by the former Kajang Estate Workers who are mostly in  their late 60s and 70s  put forward to  YB Dr. Xavier Jeyakumar, Selangor State Exco for Health, Estates Workers, Poverty and Caring Government.

On 13th May 2008 , former Kajang Estate Workers, mostly women together with PSM's Secretary General, S.Arutchelvan and Plantation Worker's Support Committee Coordinator Nalini M and Ramalingam  had a meeting with Dr. Xavier Jayakumar to highlight the 20 years of unsolved land issue of the Kajang Estate Workers.   

Shah Alam, 13 May 2008

16 low-cost houses, this is what will take to resolve this ten year wait. Yes… this is the demand put forward by the former plantation workers from Ladang Galloway and Madingley to YB Dr. Xavier the newly appointed Selangor State Exco for Health, Estates Workers, Poverty and Caring Government.