200 SMRT bus drivers refuse to go to work over pay issue

[Daddy D]

http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/1239625/1/.html

[quote]Increase in property tax for HDB 3-room flats and above[/quote]Reality check.
No wage increase... Tax will still go up.
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[JJ1111]

My personal opinion is that SMRT shouldn’t increase the china worker salary request. If they comprehend to their request, it is like indirectly sending a wrong message that they are encouraging their staff to go for STRIKE if they are unhappy with anything. Mean only STRIKE can get what they want.


To me, the worker who lead the strike, has to be punished heavily and the rest must also have some form of punishment. To me this is unacceptable.

In future there will be Malaysian on strike. Singaporean on strike. Never ending!!! No one will be satisfy with their salary and bonuses.

I have a friend who get 4 months bonuses every year, he still feel his bonus is very little.

[northernstar]

JJ1111:

My personal opinion is that SMRT shouldn't increase the china worker salary request. If they comprehend to their request, it is like indirectly sending a wrong message that they are encouraging their staff to go for STRIKE if they are unhappy with anything. Mean only STRIKE can get what they want.


To me, the worker who lead the strike, has to be punished heavily and the rest must also have some form of punishment. To me this is unacceptable.

In future there will be Malaysian on strike. Singaporean on strike. Never ending!!! No one will be satisfy with their salary and bonuses.

I have a friend who get 4 months bonuses every year, he still feel his bonus is very little.

Yes, i agree with u! it will be very unfair to other foreign drivers.

[ngl2010]

JJ1111:

My personal opinion is that SMRT shouldn't increase the china worker salary request. If they comprehend to their request, it is like indirectly sending a wrong message that they are encouraging their staff to go for STRIKE if they are unhappy with anything. Mean only STRIKE can get what they want.


To me, the worker who lead the strike, has to be punished heavily and the rest must also have some form of punishment. To me this is unacceptable.

In future there will be Malaysian on strike. Singaporean on strike. Never ending!!! No one will be satisfy with their salary and bonuses.

I have a friend who get 4 months bonuses every year, he still feel his bonus is very little.

I agree wit you. Otherwise, there will be more strikes in Singapore.

[janet88]

JJ1111:

My personal opinion is that SMRT shouldn't increase the china worker salary request. If they comprehend to their request, it is like indirectly sending a wrong message that they are encouraging their staff to go for STRIKE if they are unhappy with anything. Mean only STRIKE can get what they want.


To me, the worker who lead the strike, has to be punished heavily and the rest must also have some form of punishment. To me this is unacceptable.

In future there will be Malaysian on strike. Singaporean on strike. Never ending!!! No one will be satisfy with their salary and bonuses.

The fella should be punished for brainwashing the others to go on strike. From the news this morn, understand they are going back to work but this episode should never have started...or it will happen again. Those China drivers think they are living in a lawless society? :mad:

[northernstar]

janet_lee88:

JJ1111:

My personal opinion is that SMRT shouldn't increase the china worker salary request. If they comprehend to their request, it is like indirectly sending a wrong message that they are encouraging their staff to go for STRIKE if they are unhappy with anything. Mean only STRIKE can get what they want.


To me, the worker who lead the strike, has to be punished heavily and the rest must also have some form of punishment. To me this is unacceptable.

In future there will be Malaysian on strike. Singaporean on strike. Never ending!!! No one will be satisfy with their salary and bonuses.

The fella should be punished for brainwashing the others to go on strike. From the news this morn, understand they are going back to work but this episode should never have started...or it will happen again. Those China drivers think they are living in a lawless society? :mad:

ya, why does SMRT treat it as nothing has happened? they did not answer anything to us?

[Twinkies]

The Republic of China Embassy in Singapore has swiftly appealed to their SG counterpart to \"protect\" their workers interest.

[concern2]

janet_lee88:

JJ1111:

My personal opinion is that SMRT shouldn't increase the china worker salary request. If they comprehend to their request, it is like indirectly sending a wrong message that they are encouraging their staff to go for STRIKE if they are unhappy with anything. Mean only STRIKE can get what they want.


To me, the worker who lead the strike, has to be punished heavily and the rest must also have some form of punishment. To me this is unacceptable.

In future there will be Malaysian on strike. Singaporean on strike. Never ending!!! No one will be satisfy with their salary and bonuses.

The fella should be punished for brainwashing the others to go on strike. From the news this morn, understand they are going back to work but this episode should never have started...or it will happen again. Those China drivers think they are living in a lawless society? :mad:

They are not afraid to fight for their rights. I respect that. They are from a different background who have not learnt to accept the Singapore way of doing things. They may not be aware of the cost of living here before they come. But once here, they have to live here, eat here, and face the same inflation we face. If even foreign workers find this hard, what about the rest of us who have lost our jobs and have to accept odd jobs or go self-employed (without the glamour of those big bosses), unemployed, or to accept a lower-paying job or be a SAHM and continue to hope our future can be brighter?

What is meant by illegal strike? Which strike is legal in Singapore?

I hope they find a resolution to this soon so that transport can go on smoothly for everyone.

[Sun_2010]

concern2:

janet_lee88:

[quote=\"JJ1111\"]My personal opinion is that SMRT shouldn't increase the china worker salary request. If they comprehend to their request, it is like indirectly sending a wrong message that they are encouraging their staff to go for STRIKE if they are unhappy with anything. Mean only STRIKE can get what they want.


To me, the worker who lead the strike, has to be punished heavily and the rest must also have some form of punishment. To me this is unacceptable.

In future there will be Malaysian on strike. Singaporean on strike. Never ending!!! No one will be satisfy with their salary and bonuses.

The fella should be punished for brainwashing the others to go on strike. From the news this morn, understand they are going back to work but this episode should never have started...or it will happen again. Those China drivers think they are living in a lawless society? :mad:

They are not afraid to fight for their rights. I respect that. They are from a different background who have not learnt to accept the Singapore way of doing things. They may not be aware of the cost of living here before they come. But once here, they have to live here, eat here, and face the same inflation we face. If even foreign workers find this hard, what about the rest of us who have lost our jobs and have to accept odd jobs or go self-employed (without the glamour of those big bosses), unemployed, or to accept a lower-paying job or be a SAHM and continue to hope our future can be brighter?

What is meant by illegal strike? Which strike is legal in Singapore?

I hope they find a resolution to this soon so that transport can go on smoothly for everyone.[/quote]
Strikes are legal in singapore. in this case, sufficient notice was not given to the employer before the employees decided to go on strike.

[janet88]

With increasingly rising costs, which one of us is having it easy? None.

Food, transport (school bus fares) etc etc…no one is enjoying inflation and a possible recession.
Even back home in their native China, they have laws to obey. So when they have decided to come here to work, what is the reason for going on strike?
Do we Singaporeans go on strike if we are unhappy?