Mah Bow Tan's company sued to go IAC court, settled at last minute

[Confuseous]

Forty-seven workers at public-listed company Global Yellow Pages received a Christmas gift late last year - when they finally obtained salary increases and bonus payments for which they had been fighting for many months.

The Singapore Manual and Mercantile Workers' Union (SMMWU), which represented the workers, took the unusual step of going to the Industrial Arbitration Court (IAC), which handles labour disputes, to claim the wage increases and bonuses.

A court hearing was set for Dec9 last year.

Before the hearing took place, however, the Ministry of Manpower (MOM) decided to intervene.


Following a meeting between the three parties on Dec 16, Global Yellow Pages, which publishes directories, relented and agreed to pay the workers two months' bonus, and a monthly pay increase of 5per cent, backdated to July11 last year.

Confirming the settlement, an MOM spokesman said: 'Both the union and company reached an amicable settlement after a conciliation meeting on Dec 16 at the ministry.'

CEO Mr Stanley Tan of Global Yellow Pages has since written to SMMWU secretary-general John De Payva to say that arriving at the agreement to avoid the IAC process 'is in the best interest of all concerned'.

The settlement brought relief to the workers.

Former Housing Minister Mah Bow Tan is Chairman of the company.

 

[Narong Wongwan]

And who says ministers cannot command higher salaries outside?
I am sure he is paid many more millions in his current job.

 

[Cruxx]

There is no bona fide private sector in Sinkieland

 

[Fook Seng]

And who says ministers cannot command higher salaries outside?
I am sure he is paid many more millions in his current job.

Highly doubtful. Yellow Pages is not exactly profitable. In fact it was suffering losses for some years. Also MBT's role was adviser, a non-executive appointment, or at most a part-time job.

 

[chupacabra]

Who the fuck uses yellow pages these days.

 

[Narong Wongwan]

I heard yellow pages just bought over a mapping company called show nearby

 

[chupacabra]

Yellow pages will go down the same road as Kodak did.

 

[johnny333]

Yellow pages will go down the same road as Kodak did.

Yellow Pages in Spore is a "Public Company" Does it mean it's owned by the PAP? If that is so then as long as the PAP is in power it will continue to receive "public" funding

 

[jw5]

Yellow Pages in Spore is a "Public Company" Does it mean it's owned by the PAP? If that is so then as long as the PAP is in power it will continue to receive "public" funding

"Public co" means public listed company i.e. listed on the stock exchange lah bro.

 

[Cruxx]

"Public co" means public listed company i.e. listed on the stock exchange lah bro.

I don't know what to say