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

[Twinkies]

ChiefKiasu:

Sigh.

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[octoberbaby]

Arrest those who master-mind the strike. Revoke work permit and blacklist them. Come here for what. Anyhow brake, speed, took the wrong route, don’t even know exact buildings, useless.

[janet88]

octoberbaby:

they think they are in their mainland. They came here, signed contract and agreed to the pay. bo liao.

Did they read contract before signing? Or just sign without reading?
If Singapore has no laws and allows foreigners to hold strikes, we are ready to be transported back to the 60s.

Find the mastermind of this strike, haul him/her to police station and punish accordingly.

[ChiefKiasu]

octoberbaby:

... Come here for what. Anyhow brake, speed, took the wrong route, don't even know exact buildings, useless.

Now, that would only justify those idiotic calls to send aircraft carrier to pay us a visit. Yes, we should charge the masterminds. No, we should not take advantage of this incident to start up all the anti-FT vitriol once again.

[sleepy]

janet_lee88:

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?

:goodpost:

They should abide to the contract they signed willingly. I assume willingly, seriously doubt that SMRT made them sign under duress :evil:

[3Boys]

Twinkies:

ChiefKiasu:

Sigh.

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[Fairy]

ChiefKiasu:

You read the news today? Got aircraft carrier coming already. That one big big wan. No need glasses to see.

Sigh.

My god.
What aircraft carrier???
Making mountain out of molehill?

May i know where did you read the news from? Couldn't find.

Hope our garmen learnt their lesson. Put them on pedastal & chidded us for being xenophobic?
\"Blood is thicker than water\"

[phankao]

janet_lee88:

This morn, there was police car and ambulance outside the dormitory.

Last night the Embassy Officials went to Dormitory already.

[3Boys]

Fairy:

ChiefKiasu:

You read the news today? Got aircraft carrier coming already. That one big big wan. No need glasses to see.

Sigh.

My god.
What aircraft carrier???
Making mountain out of molehill?

May i know where did you read the news from? Couldn't find.

Hope our garmen learnt their lesson. Put them on pedastal & chidded us for being xenophobic?
\"Blood is thicker than water\"

How? Chief? :faint:

I feel like Popeye here......too many cans and bottles, cannot catch already http://www.flickr.com/photos/lunzerland/5943237887/

[limlim]

concern2:

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

This

http://www.singapore-window.org/sw00/000310a4.htm

[quote]You became head of the NTUC and also remained a cabinet minister -- and Singapore remained strike free.

Yes. But in January 1986 I did sanction a strike, the first for about a decade. It was in the shipping industry where the management was taking advantage of the workers. I did not even tell the cabinet about santioning the strike. And some of them were angry with me about that. The minister for trade and industry was very angry, his officers were very upset. They had calls from America, asking what happened to Singapore? -- we are non-strike. I said: if I were to inform the cabinet or the government they would probably stop me from going ahead with the strike. It only lasted two days. Then all the issues were settled. It showed that management was just trying to pull a fast one. So I believe what I did was right.[/quote]