They are pissing in their pants and offering some sort of solutions!

Kudos to MTUC! Their persistence in fighting for a minimum pay of Malaysian Ringgit $900.00 and a standard COLA (Cost of Living Allowance) for Malaysian workers in the private sector has finally gained the attention of the number one person in the Malaysian Human Resources Ministry today.

According to the latest newsflash by TheStar Dot Com, Datuk Seri Dr Fong Chan Onn has decreed that the government is willing to sit down with MTUC and talk about setting up some sort of wage review councils by sectors as starters. MTUC’s decision to hold a nationwide picket scheduled at 1700 hours today has definitely caused some kind of unwanted commotions among politicians and Datuk Seri Dr Fong Chan Onn today has called upon MTUC to cancel the scheduled nationwide picket.

Frankly speaking, I think that MTUC should go ahead with the scheduled nationwide picket. This would send a very strong message to the ruling government that employees in the private sector are seeking for a quick justification in their fight for fair wages. Even though the ruling government today has announced that they are willing to setup that wage review councils by sectors, I sincerely hope that it would not turn out to be just another mechanism created by the government to delay the process of introducing fair wage policies for employees in the private sector.