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[h=1]Govt, bosses, unions - things to get 'noisier': Tan Chuan-Jin[/h]
Published on Nov 1, 2011
Minister of State for Manpower Tan Chuan-Jin said one problem with anti-discrimination laws is that it would reduce flexibility in the labour market, a strength for Singapore. -- PHOTO: BLOOMBERG
By Toh Yong Chuan
The Government, employers and unions have previously solved problems quietly behind the scenes, but things will get 'a bit noiser' going forward, Minister of State for Manpower Tan Chuan-Jin said on Monday.
'That is something that we will take in our stride,' he told the participants at Monday's Tripartite Forum. Not long after, a union leader proved the junior minister right when he said that the Government had not done enough to protect Singaporeans in recessions.
Singapore Shell Employees' Union president Yeap Tong Ming charged that Singaporeans were retrenched while foreigners kept their jobs during the downturns in 1986 and 1998.
'Our Government should protect the workers during retrenchment... Come to the crunch, Singaporeans were retrenched first and foreigners stayed, whereas in the neighbouring country it was the other way round,' Mr Yeap said during a dialogue.
Published on Nov 1, 2011

By Toh Yong Chuan
The Government, employers and unions have previously solved problems quietly behind the scenes, but things will get 'a bit noiser' going forward, Minister of State for Manpower Tan Chuan-Jin said on Monday.
'That is something that we will take in our stride,' he told the participants at Monday's Tripartite Forum. Not long after, a union leader proved the junior minister right when he said that the Government had not done enough to protect Singaporeans in recessions.
Singapore Shell Employees' Union president Yeap Tong Ming charged that Singaporeans were retrenched while foreigners kept their jobs during the downturns in 1986 and 1998.
'Our Government should protect the workers during retrenchment... Come to the crunch, Singaporeans were retrenched first and foreigners stayed, whereas in the neighbouring country it was the other way round,' Mr Yeap said during a dialogue.