MSM’s one sided story on crane protest. Are we surprised?

[Confuseous]

MSM’s one sided story on crane protest.

How does a worker show evidence of non-payment? When complaints are made by workers that they are not paid, surely the onus of proof lies with the employer who should produce evidence of payments made in accordance with the Employment Act.

Foreign workers pay huge sums of money to agents to get work In Singapore. When they are deceived by their employers they canonly resort to assistance from the State, and when they are unable to resolve their claims satisfactorily, they may be pushedinto acts of desperation. HOME does not condone acts of desperation or criminal acts that place lives in jeopardy but we hold the position that any punishment should take into account the difficult circumstances under which workers may feel compelled to undertake ‘irrational’ or dangerous actions.

Among other complaints by the workers were verbal threats by their employer and their deplorable living conditions. At the reporter’s request we provided ST with pictures of one of the sites they were living at. HOME questions why no mention was made by ST of the pictures given and also of the fact that there were a total of 3 locations where these workers were housed? The article relied only on the report by MOM that their investigators checked on one site and found the living conditions there to be acceptable.However, there were two other sites that the workers lived in. Were those checked as well? It was also revealed in the article that the MOM investigation team conducted the checks one week after the protest. Why did MOM take one week, by which time the employer would have rectified any irregularities in their living conditions?

- http://www.theonlinecitizen.com/2013/03/msms-sided-story-crane-protest/

 

[kongsimi]

workers in singapore are screwed.

since the nationalisation of the labour union.

 

[scroobal]

It about time Online Citizen start covering stories on unemployed and underemployed Singaporeans.

 

[jw5]

It about time Online Citizen start covering stories on unemployed and underemployed Singaporeans.

Stop pretending to be a defender of the common man, you liar.


"He claims to be a defender of the common man but that is pure bullshit
Just mention anything about those elites and he’s chomping at the bit
Scroobal's anger with the men in white may sometimes confuse us
Most likely he was discarded by them and thrown under the bus"

 

[halsey02]

It about time Online Citizen start covering stories on unemployed and underemployed Singaporeans.

These misguided fools spend a lot a of time championing the rights & conditions of the 'guests', true we do not ill treat them; but they are streets, street smarter than an average SINgaporean. They know what they are in for, when they come here to work, dealing with their "slaves" agencies back home. They are not stupid.

Remember some time back, some NGO's here giving food packets to Bangladeshi workers, while some SINgaporeans are in dire strats..."charity begins at home".

The Ah Tiongs are good liars too, nowadays you try keying in the address of where you house the workers, if the dwelling place is not approved, you get rejected in MOM system!! & they have regulations in place, to stop the employers, fine & jail them. It is best, ti hear both sides of the story, especially when it concern these FT's..

 

[Hawkeye1819]

TOC positioned themselves as a community of Singaporeans. We assumed it is also community for Singaporeans, but lately appear to be driven more by an agenda playing to the foreign NGO gallery.

Publichouse is even worse. At least Andrew Loh's excuse is that it's a one-man show and so does what he likes. About as relevant to the ordinary Singaporean as Xiaxue's latest fashion or her pending childbirth.

 

[escher]

TOC positioned themselves as a community of Singaporeans. We assumed it is also community for Singaporeans, but lately appear to be driven more by an agenda playing to the foreign NGO gallery.

Publichouse is even worse. At least Andrew Loh's excuse is that it's a one-man show and so does what he likes. About as relevant to the ordinary Singaporean as Xiaxue's latest fashion or her pending childbirth.

And who the fuck is Hawkeye1819?

A mouthpiece for the maggots in white?

Any organs of those maggots in white have been assumed to be rotten and only tell half truths at best and more often than not, just lies.
Foreign NGOs are far more trustworthy than PAP who know only how to screw and fuck us of our money.

TOC IS MUCH MORE RESPECTED AS MOUTH PIECE OF SINGAPOREANS.
TOC WORD WILL BE TAKEN OVER ALL OTHER CANCEROUS ORGANS OF MAGGOTS IN WHITE.

HAWKEYE1819 HEAD IN IN THE UNFLUSHED TOILET BOWL FULL OF PAP SHIT BUBBLING WORDS THROUGH THOSE SHIT.
HAWKEYE1819 SHOULD JUST KEEP HIS HEAD IN THAT TOILET BOWL AND SHUT UP OR BREATH IN DEEP.

 

[Hawkeye1819]

And who the fuck is Hawkeye1819?

A mouthpiece for the maggots in white?
.

LOL!! Are you ChaoPappyPoodle??

 

[scroobal]

Well said bro. I don't see how they paying their agents in China is our fault. We are all for fair practices but this is ridiculous. The Singaporean female tour guide assaulted by PRC rubbish over a meal is sickening enough.

These misguided fools spend a lot a of time championing the rights & conditions of the 'guests', true we do not ill treat them; but they are streets, street smarter than an average SINgaporean. They know what they are in for, when they come here to work, dealing with their "slaves" agencies back home. They are not stupid.

Remember some time back, some NGO's here giving food packets to Bangladeshi workers, while some SINgaporeans are in dire strats..."charity begins at home".

The Ah Tiongs are good liars too, nowadays you try keying in the address of where you house the workers, if the dwelling place is not approved, you get rejected in MOM system!! & they have regulations in place, to stop the employers, fine & jail them. It is best, ti hear both sides of the story, especially when it concern these FT's..

 

[escher]

LOL!! Are you ChaoPappyPoodle??

You breath in deep and breath in solid.

 

[jw5]

Well said bro. I don't see how they paying their agents in China is our fault. We are all for fair practices but this is ridiculous. The Singaporean female tour guide assaulted by PRC rubbish over a meal is sickening enough.

Being the manipulative shit again huh.
Only the simple minded these days get taken in by you, cunning and manipulative one.

Not forgetting your bogus allegations that LTK is a pap agent and your vain attempt to derail WP's campaign before GE 2011.

http://singsupplies.com/showthread.php?89550-The-Chen-Show-Mao-Affair

 

[scroobal]

Overtime, they have sifted focus. Note the workers rights have started to surface with hand of F8 becoming more visible.

TOC positioned themselves as a community of Singaporeans. We assumed it is also community for Singaporeans, but lately appear to be driven more by an agenda playing to the foreign NGO gallery.

Publichouse is even worse. At least Andrew Loh's excuse is that it's a one-man show and so does what he likes. About as relevant to the ordinary Singaporean as Xiaxue's latest fashion or her pending childbirth.

 

[jw5]

Overtime, they have sifted focus. Note the workers rights have started to surface with hand of F8 becoming more visible.

Overtime, they have shifted position. Note the young Ang Mo lover has started to pump faster with the fingernails of Scroobal's wife scratching his back in pleasure.

 

[mojito]

It about time Online Citizen start covering stories on unemployed and underemployed Singaporeans.

Their modus operendi of liberal left agitators everywhere is highly predictable. Highly media savvy, these crusaders bat for society's downtrodden and destitute. Most admirable indeed. If the liberal left don't seem to be batting for the regular sinkies, it is a clear sign that we are one tier above the 'indentured servants.' How lucky we are to be born sinkies! When I first read about the PRC bus driver strikes, I initially felt guilty deriving a sick sense of pleasure seeing that there are people who are much worse off. I was relieved it was a common enough phenomena that ze Germans even have a word for it, schadenfreude. But why do I feel this way?

Perhaps the struggles of the average joe is simply too pedestrian. Too many difficult concepts and not very newsworthy. Low returns on effort.

As long as the cattle class exists remind the sandwiched middle class how fortunate they are relatively, our daily struggles continue to be undeserving of even a footnote in history.