MTUC slams PM remark on low wage

Updated 4 years ago · Published on 2 May 2019 6:13PM · 1 Comments

Prime Minister Dr Mahathir Mohamad’s remarks on accepting low wages has drawn ire from the Malaysian Trades Union Congress. – The Malaysian Insight pic by Kamal Ariffin, May 2, 2019

PRIME Minister Dr Mahathir Mohamad’s remark that accepting low wages is better than having no job can send the wrong message to employers, said the Malaysian Trades Union Congress (MTUC).

Its secretary-general J. Solomon today said it can be a signal that slave labour or sweatshop conditions are acceptable in the country.

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