a****z
发帖数: 290 | 1 Dear Minister Tan,
Without going into lengthy speech, here are my 2-cents’ worth on the recent
SMRT bus captain strike:
1. It is not a secret that job agents would collect the “agent fees”
upfront from the foreign workers which may usually go as high as $4k-$5k,
chargeable to a 2-year job contract for instance. This amount is equivalent
to a typical foreign worker’s 1 year savings in Singapore. This is a major
cause of the grievances of most of the foreign workers including the SMRT
foreign bus captains. It is surprising that for so many years, the
government has been negligent on this issue. This issue is easy to tackle,
which bears no resemblance to the other more complicated social economic
problems that relate to the strike. The massive overseas recruitment for
SMRT may recruit up to hundreds of bus captains in one go and mathematically
it is a lucrative business for the agent(s). I suggest that SMRT should do
the massive overseas recruitment itself in order to cut the “agent fees”
and to have a better communication with the foreign job seekers upfront on
the job condition and job expectation. I urge the government take it
seriously and carry out actions soon;
2. Various evidences show that, the management of SMRT, have consistently
over the time been neglecting (unintentionally or intentionally) the voices
from the bottom, and there should be serious corporate disciplinary actions
by SMRT against these who are responsible;
3. Though Singapore has been enjoying decades of prosperity and stability
under the current regime of social-economic relationship between the
employer and employee, progressively, the Singapore government should
revisit its policies on the labor relations, especially, on the issues that
focus on low-wage workers (local or foreign). The current practice is not
going to be sustainable in the long run - for instance, the current
remuneration package might be no longer attractive within the next decade to
the job seekers in the neighboring countries which are also enjoying a
strong economic and social growth;
4. Though the strike is illegal, it can also not be denied that if taking
out the illegal aspects, in a subtle way it conveys us some fresh and
different mindset that might leads to serious in-depth thinking that would
benefit our society in the long term.
Many thanks for your time. | t*****e
发帖数: 3287 | 2 原创吗？
recent
equivalent
major
【在 a****z 的大作中提到】
: Dear Minister Tan,
: Without going into lengthy speech, here are my 2-cents’ worth on the recent
: SMRT bus captain strike:
: 1. It is not a secret that job agents would collect the “agent fees”
: upfront from the foreign workers which may usually go as high as $4k-$5k,
: chargeable to a 2-year job contract for instance. This amount is equivalent
: to a typical foreign worker’s 1 year savings in Singapore. This is a major
: cause of the grievances of most of the foreign workers including the SMRT
: foreign bus captains. It is surprising that for so many years, the
: government has been negligent on this issue. This issue is easy to tackle,
| a****z
发帖数: 290 | 3 是. 给人力部的去信.
【在 t*****e 的大作中提到】
: 原创吗？
:
: recent
: equivalent
: major
| t*****e
发帖数: 3287 | 4 good luck!
【在 a****z 的大作中提到】
: 是. 给人力部的去信.
| t*****e
发帖数: 3287 | 5 可以贴在facebook上面。
【在 a****z 的大作中提到】
: 是. 给人力部的去信.
| a****z
发帖数: 290 | 6 对社交媒体没太大信心. 贴给teenager小屁孩们看也没什么作用. 还是直接给部长们发
信给他们施加些压力才好. 议员们的邮箱都是公开的,这个天大的秘密一般人我都不告
诉他.
我对facebook也玩不大转, 可以在部长的页面贴这么长的文吗. 贴了也会被淹掉的吧.
【在 t*****e 的大作中提到】
: 可以贴在facebook上面。
| M****g
发帖数: 11639 | 7 议员邮箱可能有助手先看过滤一遍吧
【在 a****z 的大作中提到】
: 对社交媒体没太大信心. 贴给teenager小屁孩们看也没什么作用. 还是直接给部长们发
: 信给他们施加些压力才好. 议员们的邮箱都是公开的,这个天大的秘密一般人我都不告
: 诉他.
: 我对facebook也玩不大转, 可以在部长的页面贴这么长的文吗. 贴了也会被淹掉的吧.
| f**********r
发帖数: 2158 | 8 新加坡是个中介社会？
新加坡从建国起就是个移民国家？
期待后文～ | a****z
发帖数: 290 | 9 是的。
【在 M****g 的大作中提到】
: 议员邮箱可能有助手先看过滤一遍吧
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