14 November 2012 (not published by St Times)
Editor, Forum Page
Straits Times
I wish to ask if our bus operators and other establishments
that provide essential services have made special efforts to
notify their employees, especially the foreign workers, that
they would be committing a crime, if they went on on an
illegal strike and disrupt public transport and other
essential services.
Perhaps it should be made compulsory for them to join a
trade union, so that they can be represented by the trade
union and advised on how their grievances can be addressed.
It is compulsory for businesses to be a member of the
Singapore Business Federation. This same compulsion should
be extended to workers in essential services, with the membership
fees borne by the employee. As the employer now has to
bear the worker's levy, the cost of the membership fee should be
quite small
Tan Kin Lian
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