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Malaysia Petra Group journalists demand unpaid salaries [IFJ] 04-10-2024

Malaysia / UK Clare Rewcastle Brown's appeal request dismissed [IFJ] 25-09-2024

Malaysia International trade union urges PM to address alleged union-busting actions [Vibes] 21-08-2024

Malaysia IFJ calls for union engagement on media progressive wage policy pilot [IFJ] 20-08-2024

Malaysia Three Malaysiakini journalists summoned by police [IFJ] 13-08-2024

Malaysia Groundbreaking agreement signed between AEON Co. and AEON Workers Union in Malaysia [UNI Global Union] 02-08-2024

Malaysia Bank workers’ union says to picket across Malaysia from today [The Mail] 21-07-2024

Malaysia Key ILO health and safety convention ratified [UNI] 16-06-2024

Malaysia Impossible workload: Teachers demand less administration; more focus on teaching and learning in Malaysia [Education International] 06-06-2024

Malaysia Tamil journalists reportedly threatened [IFJ] 28-05-2024


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Petra Group journalists demand unpaid salaries 2024-10-04 [IFJ]

Union busting at Auto supplier Valeo 2024-10-01 [IndustriALL]

Malaysia Unbroken Spirit: A migrant worker’s fight for justice and dignity 2024-10-01 [BWI]

UK Clare Rewcastle Brown's appeal request dismissed 2024-09-25 [IFJ]

NUBE pickets Maybank nationwide over worker harassment 2024-09-05 [Citizen Journalist]

International trade union urges PM to address alleged union-busting actions 2024-08-21 [Vibes]

IFJ calls for union engagement on media progressive wage policy pilot 2024-08-20 [IFJ]

Three Malaysiakini journalists summoned by police 2024-08-13 [IFJ]

Groundbreaking agreement signed between AEON Co. and AEON Workers Union in Malaysia 2024-08-02 [UNI Global Union]

NUBE launches nationwide pickets against ‘union busting’ 2024-07-21 [Vibes]

Bank workers’ union says to picket across Malaysia from today 2024-07-21 [The Mail]

Former MTUC president Zainal Rampak dies 2024-07-04 [Vibes]

Key ILO health and safety convention ratified 2024-06-16 [UNI]

Impossible workload: Teachers demand less administration; more focus on teaching and learning in Malaysia 2024-06-06 [Education International]

UNI MLC sets new record with 71 members appointed to Malaysia’s industrial court 2024-05-28 [UNI Global Union]

Tamil journalists reportedly threatened 2024-05-28 [IFJ]

Unionists hail veteran trade unionist Sivananthan 2024-05-26 [FMT]

Union: More Health Inspectors, Tech Needed For Upcoming Anti-Tobacco Regulations 2024-05-23 [Code Blue]

Malaysia’s booming electronics industry leaves little room for workers’ rights 2024-05-21 [IndustriALL]

Government stepping up efforts to empower trade unions 2024-05-10 [The Daily Express]

Dispute between Malayan Commercial Banks’ Association and bank workers’ union to be decided in Industrial Court 2024-05-03 [The Mail]

Philippines Fighting for living wage in Malaysia and Philippines 2024-04-05 [IndustriALL]

UNI MLC Achieves Historic Milestone with Appointment to Malaysia’s National Labour Advisory Council 2024-04-05 [UNI Global Union]

India Telangana plantation workers send SOS 2024-03-14 [TNN]

MTUC to MYAirline: Don't wait for new investor, pay wages owed to employees first 2024-03-09 [The New Straits Times]

Trade Union Congress appreciates EPF’s efforts in ensuring yearly dividend increase, says president 2024-03-04 [The Mail]

Club owner jailed for not paying outstanding salaries: Malaysian player union hails legal win 2024-03-02 [FIFPRO]

Media council must be independent 2024-02-28 [IFJ]

Clare Rewcastle Brown sentenced to two years imprisonment 2024-02-12 [IFJ]

Gender pay gap thorn for women workforce 2024-01-23 [The Sun]

Enhanced Government-Labour Relations in Malaysia: Minister of Human Resources Historic Visit to UNI MLC 2024-01-19 [UNI Global Union]

'Limit their numbers': Malaysia’s scammed, jobless migrant workers problem highlights its foreign labour dependence 2024-01-11 [CNA]

Pay workers’ salaries during Penang water supply disruption 2024-01-08 [Aliran]

MTUC demand govt, MACC probe into corrupt recruitment practices of foreign workers 2024-01-08 [The New Straits Times]

Govt must perform comprehensive audit on employers hiring foreign workers 2024-01-08 [The New Straits Times]

Bangladesh Away from families, in debt, and jobless in a foreign land 2024-01-06 [FMT]

Bangladesh Set up probe on exploitation of migrant workers and new ministry to manage their affairs, Suhakam tells Putrajaya 2024-01-02 [Malay Mail]

Bangladesh Foreign workers duped over job chances in Johor should be helped not arrested, MTUC tells authorities 2023-12-28 [Malay Mail]

Multiple trade unions can help in wage talks, says Malaysian ex-MP 2023-12-11 [HRM Asia]

Multiple unions, boon or bane to the labour movement? 2023-12-08 [FMT]

Trade union amendment threatens national wage goals, says economist 2023-12-06 [FMT]

T Ramalingam (1955-2023) – workers’ leader par excellence 2023-12-04 [Aliran]

Migrant Domestic Workers in Malaysia: Forced Labour and its Catalysts 2023-11-30 [New Naratif]

UNI Affiliate Leader Receives Malaysia’s Trade Union Leader Award for 2023 2023-11-18 [UNI]

Government revokes press passes 2023-11-17 [IFJ]

HR minister: One million trade union membership target achieved ahead of schedule 2023-11-14 [The Malay Mail]

Hospital workers’ union to meet with health minister over cleaners’ woes 2023-10-19 [Free Malaysia Today]

Trade union bill deceptively promotes expansion of trade unionism 2023-10-17 [The New Straits Times]

Parliament passes bill to recognise workers' unions 2023-10-10 [The New Straits Times]

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