Sunday, June 3, 2007

MTUC To Submit Memorandum On Minimum Wage To Abdullah On June 18

PETALING JAYA, June 3 - The Malaysian Trades Union Congress (MTUC) expects to submit a memorandum to Prime Minister Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi on June 18.

Its secretary-general, G. Rajasekaran, said the memorandum was mainly about the demand for a MTUC'sminimum monthly salary of RM900 and cost of living allowance of RM300.

He said the demand was justified and in line with the pay hike announced for civil servants on May 21.

"The MTUC's demand for a RM900 minimum salary is in fact lower than the new RM1,000 benchmark set by the government for public sector employees," he told a press conference here today.

Rajasekaran said 50,000 workers would take part in a nationwide picket on June 25 to demand all companies to follow what the goverment had done.

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