Protest Against New Wage Panel Bill

Protesting Infront of Parliament

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Enough of talk on government's Wage Panel Bill ... Workers Protest ... like the 100 who protested against new wage panel bill on 15 June, 2011 infront of Parliament. Read S Pathmawathy's article on Malaysiakini.
http://www.malaysiakini.com/news/166975

Jerit, PSM and PSW Giving Press Statement
in Parliament

Why We Need a Decent Living Wage?
“He (Subramaniam) said the 34 percent of the 1.3 million workers in the country earned less than RM700, which is below the poverty line of RM720,” said Sivarajan. Watch the video on comments by Sivarajan on the new Wage Bill.
http://www.malaysiakini.tv/video/21745/100-protest-against-new-wage-panel-bill.html

Charles Santiago, MP for Klang
led the roundtable discusssion

Roundtable Discussion on Decent Living Wage
Members of a roundtable on minimum wage today proposed that the government set up a Decent Living Wages Council to replace its planned National Minimum Wage Council. Read Joseph Sipalan's report (13 June, 2011) on the proposal
http://www.malaysiakini.com/news/166767