Cadangan Kerajaan Terdahulu
KOTA KINABALU: Kementerian Sumber Manusia
akan mengadakan perbincangan dengan kerajaan Sabah berhubung cadangan untuk
mewujudkan Majlis Penasihat Buruh Sabah (SALC) di negeri itu.
Menterinya,
M Kula Segaran berkata kementeriannya sentiasa terbuka untuk membincangkan apa
juga perkara berkaitan kepentingan pekerja dalam semua sektor
sumber
Berita penuh :Geran bernilai RM166 548 diagihkan kepada 9 buah kesatuan sekerja di Sabah pada tahun 2017.
Petikan Akhbar KL.Xpress.com.my bertarikh 31 Januari 2017 antara lain melaporkan:
Sembilan daripada 77 Kesatuan Sekerja yang berdaftar di Sabah menerima Geran Pembangunan Kesatuan Sekerja (GPKS) daripada kerajaan berjumlah RM166,548.
Menurut Pengarah Jabatan Hal Ehwal Kesatuan Sekerja Cawangan Sabah, Jexicion@Jekison Muhamin, GPKS bertujuan untuk membantu kesatuan melaksanakan program-program yang dapat membawa kesatuan ke arah yang lebih baik selaras dengan Akta Kesatuan Sekerja 1959.
“Kesemua yang diberi GPKS adalah kesatuan yang mempunyai kerjasama yang baik dengan jabatan.
“Semoga kesatuan menggunakan geran ini dengan sebaik-baiknya agar dapat memberi manfaat kepada semua ahli kesatuan
Berita Lanjut Baca Sini
What is a Trade
Union?
A Trade union is the basic organisation of the workers, by the workers
and for the workers designed to improve the workers’ economic and other
interest within the framework of employee-employer relationship.
It is their collective action :
(a) to defend their rights against the capitalist and its agents.
(b) to strengthen their bargaining power.
(c) to protect and advance their economic interest against the capitalist whose
interest is to safeguard and increase the profits they appropriate from the
workers.
(d) replacing individual action and self-centerness while developing and
strengthening their conciousness and unity.
(e) where everyone, ordinary members as well as elected officials, has the
responsibilty to work for the advancement of the union.
Hence a Trade Union has three fundamental roles, each of which is
equally important and are inter-related to one another.
First: Economic role: (Economical)
* Deals with the welfare of the workers and their families.
* Struggles for fair wages taking in consideration the years of experience,
standards of living and cost of living.
* Other benefits like sick leave, maternity leave, annual leave, study leave
for trade union courses.
* retirement benefit, health and safety, medical attention and hospitalisation
etc.
Second : Social and Cultural role : (Cultural)
* To part take in the development and progress of the socio-political
affairs of the community and society.
* To develop a workers culture involving solidarity, understanding,
cooperativism and compassion for one another at the workplace and the community
at large.
* To encourage worker education and networking.
Third : Workers and Human Rights role:(Political)
* To make participartory decision making process as an integral part of
trade unionism. Permanent and democratic.
* To strive for equality and justice at the workplace and society at large.
Advocacy and legal protection.
* To struggle against all forms of exploitation, harassment, intimidation,
victimisation and discrimination based on race, religion, sex, age and social
status.
What is Unionism?
The labour movement or (trade) unionism is the collective action and
struggle of the workers for their economic demands, political rights and
cultural and social well being.
Sumber telah diambil melalui : portal rasmi MTUC http://www.mtuc.org.my/about-us/trade-union/?lang=MS
