The blue lady on the left is YB Haniza, the deputy speaker of DUN Selangor, the man in the middle is YB Ean Yong Hian Wah (exco) and me
Hi, friends,
Here ar a few old photos of Labour Day which I was supposed to put up on my blog a few weeks ago. Normally Labour Day is celebrated by NGOs in Malaysia, for the first time, and also to my surprise, this time the Selangor state government organised the day’s event with MTUC.
I had to get up very early to go to Shah Alam to attend the early morning event. 🙁
I was yawning for the whole morning cos of lack of sleep. 🙁 🙁 🙁
Below are some pix taken on that day, as well as a news report on the MB’s speech and announcement.
http://www.suaraselangormaju.com.my/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=329&Itemid=1
Selangor Kaji Cadangan Cuti Bersalin Selama 90 Hari
SHAH ALAM, 1 Mei – Kerajaan negeri sedang mengkaji pelaksanaan cuti bersalin selama 90 hari bagi pekerja wanita, kata Dato’ Menteri Besar, Tan Sri Abdul Khalid Ibrahim.
“Ia satu pengiktirafan kepada kaum wanita yang kini terlibat sepenuhnya di dalam tenaga kerja kita. Pada masa sama, kerajaan juga sedang mengkaji untuk menambah cuti untuk bapa bagi menggalakkan mereka menjalankan tanggungjawab mereka membimbing keluarga yang bahagia,” katanya ketika berucap pada Majlis Sambutan Hari Pekerja Peringkat Kebangsaan 2008 di Dataran Kemerdekaan dekat sini pagi tadi.
Program itu dianjurkan bersama kerajaan negeri dan Majlis Kongres Kesatuan Sekerja Malaysia (MTUC).
Hadir sama, Presiden MTUC, Syed Shahir Syed Mohamud dan Setiausaha Agung MTUC, G.Rajasekaran.
Menurut beliau, kerajaan negeri juga menyedari ramai pekerja mengalami kesukaran khasnya yang masih lagi memperolehi pendapatan kurang RM1,500.
“Pelbagai faktor harus diambil kira, sama ada sikap majikan yang ingin mengaut keuntungan yang luar biasa sehingga meminggirkan nasib pekerja ataupun faktor kemahiran pekerja kita,” katanya.
Tambah beliau, sebagai menghargai sumbangan dan jasa pekerja dan pemimpin pekerja, kerajaan negeri sedang mengkaji cadangan menamakan sebuah jalan yang sesuai di negeri ini sempena nama mendiang V.David, mantan Setiausaha MTUC.
Abdul Khalid juga berkata kerajaan negeri juga dalam proses melaksanakan janji-janji pilihan raya. Antaranya pengguna air individu akan mendapat bekalan 20 meter padu percuma bermula 1 Jun ini bagi meringankan beban yang ditanggung rakyat. – NOOR ALLIA KASSIM
Kalu RM 1500 sebulan pun susah, mengapah kerajaan bodowi tak mampu berikan rm900 minimum wage?
Tapi banyak duit pigi NS dan space tourist
Poor Teresa,
your admission of yawning makes you feel like one of our own.
anyway saw you in ur state assembly uniform in today’s paper. U looked smart but the hat and your hair makes a curious yet cute combination.
I am concern that DAP is targeted by hatred and sore losers, or worse, racist lunatics with the bombing of DAP HQ and bullet in envelop for Karpal.
For once I agree with Nazri who stood by you to condemn this action. Again, not surprisingly, the Prime Minister not even farted a response.
Please
1) urge the police to investigate without bias
2) promote multi-culturalism in DAP to avoid being easy target of racism
3) be careful at all times
Dear BN,
before GN, you loudly proclaimed “budaya siapa” while airing photos of street protestors. So is “budaya BN” in the form of fire bombs and bullets since these are targetted at your political opponent?
Hope it is not so. Please, PM, MCA, Gerakan and MIC heads, make your stand loud and clear so it would deter lunatics from acting on their own.
Thersa, you do look somewhat scrawny.
Perhaps your schedule is taking a toll on you.
How about cutting back a bit?
Delegate while keeping tab on what’s going on.
Thats right damodes..
For a once sexy and sassy MP, with a high possibility of becoming a bag-of-bones…..sure got some fans worried.
Sure YBs got enough food cos of functions to attend BUT sometimes Teresa better take a day off to meet your family doctor.
The whole world knows the people of Myanmar are suffering at the hands of the present regime.
I am just wondering whether President Bush of America doesn’t know or pretend not to know.
Instead, he invaded Iraq & slaughterd Sadam Hussein.
There was no Arms of Mass Destruction.
What he has done to Iraq should have been done to Myanmar in order to ease the sufferings of the people there. He should have invaded Myanmar to bring down the ruthless ruling regime.
I hope Obama will do just that when he become the next President of America.
On June 19, 1865, over 2 years after President Lincoln had signed the Emancipation Proclamation, General Gordon Granger rode into Galveston, Texas, and read General Order Number 3: “The people of Texas are informed that in accordance with a Proclamation from the Executive of the United States, all slaves are free.” For the first time, slaves in Texas learned that they were already free. Some were shocked; many others celebrated. June 19 soon became known as “Juneteenth.”
143 years have gone by since slaves were set free by Abraham Lincoln.
Yet in our country, there are foreign workers working 12 hours a day for RM23 only.
This is exploitation of labour.
Can foreign workers get a better deal in Kuala Lumpur where the cost of living is high?
My wife who is a nurse at a small private maternity hospital labours from 1pm to 9pm daily except for Tuesdays.
Apart from this, she has to be on call when any pregnant lady has an emergency in the labour room. She goes to accompany the expectant mother to provide comfort, since she herself, aged 49, has been a mother of our 3 children, twin boys aged 24 each & a girl aged 14.
Labour day is significant to us as workers although I myself works as a college lecturer since 1976.
I always identify myself with the working class people because my college – Queen Mary College, University of London – was in East London where the people are mostly from the working class. Poor people are humble & nice to befriend.
Labour Day means much to people like us who labours hard for a living.
On June 19, 1865, over 2 years after President Lincoln had signed the Emancipation Proclamation, General Gordon Granger rode into Galveston, Texas, and read General Order Number 3: “The people of Texas are informed that in accordance with a Proclamation from the Executive of the United States, all slaves are free.” For the first time, slaves in Texas learned that they were already free. Some were shocked; many others celebrated. June 19 soon became known as “Juneteenth.”
143 years have gone by since slaves in America were officially set free.
President Abraham Lincoln paid for their freedom with his own life. He was assassinated!
He bought freedom for African Americans with his own life!!!
Although Labour Day in the USA is celebrated on a different day, African Americans can rejoice that they are no longer ‘in chains’ like their forefathers 143 or more years ago…..Amen!