MTUC secretary-general Kamarul Baharin Mansor speaking to reporters at the Labour Day rally in Kuala Lumpur today.
The Malaysian Trades Union Congress said only about 500,000 to 800,000 of the 15 million people in the workforce are members of unions, Bernama reported. He urged the government to immediately ratify two conventions of the International Labour Organization which protect workers’ rights to the freedom of organisation and the right to organise themselves.
“MTUC wants to see our country achieve the status of a developed nation and it can only be achieved if the workers are given their due rights… MTUC calls on the government to recognise the conventions for the benefit of workers across the country,” he said in an interview on Bernama TV.