SMRT bus drivers can return to 5-day week - without pay rise

[makapaaa]

[h=1]Just like the $50 increment for low-wage workers, which result in their being forced to pay much higher PHole rental. This then is the evil in the FAP with its sole purpose of extracting the maximum juice from SGs to fuel the Familee's insatiably greedy gambling machine.

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SMRT bus drivers unhappy with the company's move to a six-day work week can return to a five-day schedule - if they give up the rise in their basic pay. -- ST FILE PHOTO: ALPHONSUS CHERN



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SMRT bus drivers unhappy with the company's move to a six-day work week can return to a five-day schedule - if they give up the rise in their basic pay.
Responding to Straits Times' queries on Friday night, the National Transport Workers' Union (NTWU) said this option was made known to the drivers when the move was announced in May.
Bus drivers can request to return to a five-day work week from next month. The adjusted schedules will take effect from January next year.
The union's response follows an appeal made by five workers to labour chief Lim Swee Say about the changes. Mr Lim is the secretary-general of the National Trades Union Congress.

 

[Cestbon]

This cheebye SMRT.
Does NTUC/Minister Lim SS/SMRT know what is basic pay?? Meaning working hour 44/week more than than consider OT.
Please tell them refer to MOM law.

 

[Confuseous]

This is the kind of 'help' that the likes of Lim Shit Say and the now-departing Ong.
Is there no sense of shame any more in this country?
And what have the likes of Teo Ser Fcuk have to say?
Or any PAP MP for that matter?

 

[Cruxx]

Majulah SMRT!

 

[Loofydralb]

Maybe this is the reason one asshole resigned from NTUC after losing elections and making a big cockup in SMRT?

It really makes him look incompetent and a big question mark on how LHL can earmark him for Minister calibre?

In fact I question how LHL himself can be PM, when he himself in incompetent.

 

[laksaboy]

When it comes to wages, only the statistic of the HOURLY WAGE counts.
How much do you earn per hour of work?

It is similar for hard disk storage (cost per unit Gb), or fruits (cost per kg).

Raising wages then demanding workers work more hours yields no tangible NET INCREASE in one's hourly wage.

Only shameless exploitative capitalists, a government of plutocrats and kleptocrats, and a pseudo-union peddling tripartite bullshit would think that it's a great idea.

It's not.

 

[cunnilaubu]

I wonder if this has anything to do with OYK's resignation!

 

[sta1100]

So what the different 5 working day no pay increase 6 day have. So what is MOM selling sleeping or just because is SMRT they turn a blind xxx