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My thoughts on the SMRT saga....
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Dukedom
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Sure. This seems to be valid. I hope the PRCs are not taking advantage of our 'kindness' too. Let PRCs know that this cunt tree is not always lumber one.
And you are a certified NINCOMPOOP.
If you are driving a bus in Dubai and required to work long hours so that you are tired most of the time and yet are underpaid and put in a crowded dorm full of bed bugs, the not-daft Dubai citizens will want your conditions to be improved. Not because they like you, but because they fear that while you are tired and scratching your bug-bitten backside, you may ramp your bus into a Dubai native and kill him.
Most importantly, the Dubai citizen will be smart enough to realise that same salary for bus drivers and all other jobs whatever their nationality is the best way to ensure that the Dubai native is not undermined by cheap foreign labour.
The PAP internet brigade is going into overdrive.
You are a Bo Nao Lan pa Jiao.....(brainless cock)....
You dun complain doesnt mean everyone else wont.....
kan si lang bo nao....
Good one bro. This Mojito FUCKTARD deserves being scolded in public.
He likes to send vulgar messages disguised as reputation comments. Not only no brains, no cock and no balls also. An PAP IB aqua through and through.
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So, your work is not worth the few hundred dollars more? If this is what you think, I would rather employ the angmo and pay him more for the work.
You want to know why?
Let's not delve into mitigating factors such as unfair practices or undue influence for a moment. A contract is a promise. After signing it, I am bound to the terms. If I am paid more for my efforts, that is ex gratia, the way bonuses work. Nobody forced the bus drivers to take on the job as it was obviously an attractive proposition for them vis-a-vis other opportunities in the PRC.
The guiding principle is how much your word is your bond. You have to protect that reputation. Had SMRT not been in the wrong by reneging on their original contract terms, I would say the PRC drivers deserve what they are getting.
We now know (at least I just remembered) that SMRT had renege on terms with all unionized bus drivers, and as I understand it that is primarily because union representatives can make agreements with SMRT management without union member consent or quorum. The renege led to a long drawn faceoff, the result is a two day strike by 184 PRC bus drivers. It should not have been able to change contract terms at whim. In this context I tend to side with the bus drivers on their actions.
Before the contract is signed one could still argue, but not after the fact. There is always the option of leaving for greener pastures, as I have done several times myself.
The guiding principle is how much your word is your bond. You have to protect that reputation. Had SMRT not been in the wrong by reneging on their original contract terms, I would say the PRC drivers deserve what they are getting.
We now know (at least I just remembered) that SMRT had renege on terms with all unionized bus drivers, and as I understand it that is primarily because union representatives can make agreements with SMRT management without union member consent or quorum. The renege led to a long drawn faceoff, the result is a two day strike by 184 PRC bus drivers. It should not have been able to change contract terms at whim. In this context I tend to side with the bus drivers on their actions.
Before the contract is signed one could still argue, but not after the fact. There is always the option of leaving for greener pastures, as I have done several times myself.
You are right. It is used in Singapore to keep the people' obedience and make sure they know their place and OB markers.
Outside Singapore,
I have succeed in challenging unfair contractual terms in a law of court.
There are limits, eg unfair financial contracts cannot be challenged.
Just thatyou need a proper court, proper justice system - not the type run in Singapore.
I am not supporting the PRC, they should have formed their own union and negotiate with management for better pay.
But of course, both Singapore and China do not have envious records of managing industrial disputes.
O$P$ contracts I like best.
Outside Singapore,
I have succeed in challenging unfair contractual terms in a law of court.
There are limits, eg unfair financial contracts cannot be challenged.
Just thatyou need a proper court, proper justice system - not the type run in Singapore.
I am not supporting the PRC, they should have formed their own union and negotiate with management for better pay.
But of course, both Singapore and China do not have envious records of managing industrial disputes.
O$P$ contracts I like best.
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