200 SMRT bus drivers refuse to go to work over pay issue
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FQW:
I share the same view. Singapore cannot be held hostage by worker strikes because people are our only resources. Besides, isn't strike against the law? If they are unhappy with the pay, go to MOM. They came here on contract with their eyes wide open, so if they break the law here or breach their contract, I am of the stand that we should send them home.Ok someone pls bring out the knuckle duster.
We might suffer great inconvenience if 200 drivers go on strike, but if we as much as give an inch as a precedent, we're screwed as a labour force. In other pple's country, we have no choice but to follow their culture. But in our own country, we must will do what is right for us. -
FQW:
Yes indeed. Strikes should not be tolerated. The companies should not give in easily..
We might suffer great inconvenience if 200 drivers go on strike, but if we as much as give an inch as a precedent, we're screwed as a labour force. In other pple's country, we have no choice but to follow their culture. But in our own country, we must will do what is right for us.
However, this is different issue from getting foreign drivers. Some driver strike doesn't mean cannot use foreigner drivers (some other posts seems to suggest that). Before they come to SG, they should be told to respect the system here.
Also, another point bought up by the drivers is that PRC driver are paid less than m'sian drivers. I feel the companies should have communicated with the drivers better and explain why this is so, if the discrimination is really justified. All foreigner driver should be treat equally and based on merits, not nationality.
mebbe cost of PRC and m'sian driver is different but the companies should make effort to let their workers understand.Yahoo:
The company should respond to the comments.Speaking to reporters after discussions ended at about 5pm, the drivers said their main purpose in their demonstrations was to seek a fairer pay system.
\"We work the same number of hours (as Malaysian drivers), we should receive the same remuneration,\" said one driver in his 30s, who declined to be named. \"We don't expect to earn the same as Singaporean drivers, but all foreign drivers should earn the same pay.\" -
http://motoring.asiaone.com/Motoring/News/Story/A1Story20121126-385868.html
[quote]Drivers from China earn a basic salary of S$1,075, while those from Malaysia earn S$1,375, the driver said.[/quote]SG's fault for shunning away from bus driver job?
That's one way to look at it...
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Daddy
SG's fault for shunning away from bus driver job?
http://motoring.asiaone.com/Motoring/News/Story/A1Story20121126-385868.html
[quote]Drivers from China earn a basic salary of S$1,075, while those from Malaysia earn S$1,375, the driver said.
That's one way to look at it...
:?[/quote]I support raising wages for bus drivers, .....and raising fares.....and raising taxes to support our new high living cost environment. -
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Drivers from China earn a basic salary of S$1,075, while those from Malaysia earn S$1,375, the driver said.[/quote]This group of unhappy PRC bus drivers I think they only look at one side of the .....
Why their pay is lower compare to Malaysian and local.....
MNC companies like SMRT always peg staff wages against performance indicator.
I am very sure the HR of SMRT did not short change this group unhappy PRC SMRT bus drivers....
Just like there is difference in wages between maids from Indonesia , Philippines....
Employers are very careful and smart especially MNC....
You want to increase pay yearly, your job responsible must also increase....
Pay you $1 , expect you to earn back $3.....
That is how bosses prosperous....
I am very sure the job ability deliver between Malaysian and PRC there is difference....which is why the pay is different....
Note: I do not work for SMRT , but after working for so many years.....
I understand how company assess their staff, and what bosses expect in return.... -
3Boys:
Ya right, let's ask Obama instead... :faint:
I support raising wages for bus drivers, .....and raising fares.....and raising taxes to support our new high living cost environment. -
BlueBells:
:goodpost:
I share the same view. Singapore cannot be held hostage by worker strikes because people are our only resources. Besides, isn't strike against the law? If they are unhappy with the pay, go to MOM. They came here on contract with their eyes wide open, so if they break the law here or breach their contract, I am of the stand that we should send them home.FQW:
Ok someone pls bring out the knuckle duster.
We might suffer great inconvenience if 200 drivers go on strike, but if we as much as give an inch as a precedent, we're screwed as a labour force. In other pple's country, we have no choice but to follow their culture. But in our own country, we must will do what is right for us. -
I support SMRT to send this group of unhappy drivers home…
No point keeping them , they will demand more and more…
I rather have a few weeks of buses transport inconvenience…
To those FT , this is what I have to say:
Local Employers bring you in is to add value to our economy…not to create trouble to our country
Not happy with Salary…leave lor… -
dolphinsiah:
This group of unhappy PRC bus drivers I think they only look at one side of the .....[quote]
Drivers from China earn a basic salary of S$1,075, while those from Malaysia earn S$1,375, the driver said.
Why their pay is lower compare to Malaysian and local.....
MNC companies like SMRT always peg staff wages against performance indicator.
I am very sure the HR of SMRT did not short change this group unhappy PRC SMRT bus drivers....
Just like there is difference in wages between maids from Indonesia , Philippines....
Employers are very careful and smart especially MNC....
You want to increase pay yearly, your job responsible must also increase....
Pay you $1 , expect you to earn back $3.....
That is how bosses prosperous....
I am very sure the job ability deliver between Malaysian and PRC there is difference....which is why the pay is different....
Note: I do not work for SMRT , but after working for so many years.....
I understand how company assess their staff, and what bosses expect in return....[/quote]Fully agreed. By virtue of their working attitudes, i.e. conducting a strike over their PERSONAL unhappiness, they have just show us how much we should value them and how \"good\" their attitudes are in comparison to other foreign workers in the same company. -
From ST...
[quote]One Singaporean driver who wanted to be known only as Mr Rabu said he was asked to ply an additional trip yesterday morning.
The 57-year-old said: \"The company did not tell us why, but we know. Some drivers did not turn up to work today.\"[/quote]SG best at what they do... Follow :faint:
[quote]One Malaysian bus driver in his 40s noted that while he earned more than his counterparts from China, he still loses out to local drivers who receive several hundred dollars more each month.[/quote]PRC compare to M'sia compare to SG... :faint:
[quote]Finally, at around 5.45pm, a group of about 30 of them who live in a separate dormitory in Serangoon streamed out.
They told reporters who swirled around them that the transport operator had agreed to consider their decision to raise their wages, and would get back to them in a week.[/quote]Raise the PRCs' wages? :faint:
[quote]But five drivers from China arriving at the Serangoon dormitory at about 7pm did not seem so sure. They told The Straits Times they were still unhappy, and would \"wait and see\" before deciding to return to work today.[/quote] :faint:
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