By VANES DEVINDRAN
vanes@thestar.com.my
DEBAK: The Government will hold discussions with the management of plantations run by government-linked companies (GLCs) on the restructuring of wages for plantation workers.
Deputy Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin said workers deserved improved wages as commodities like palm oil were fetching good prices.
He added that many plantation workers received wages that were below the country’s poverty level.
“The Cabinet decided last week to start talks with GLCs, beginning with Sime Darby because it has the largest number of plantations,” he told reporters after performing Friday prayers at Masjid Darul Solihin here yesterday.
Meeting the people: Muhyiddin greeting local residents during a walkabout in Pusa town, Sri Aman division, Friday.
He added that the talks with the GLCs would be handled by the Human Resources Ministry’s wage consultative council, which was formed to look into the implementation of minimum wages for all sectors.
Muhyiddin was responding to a request by Beting Maro assemblyman Bolhassan Di that the Government review plantation workers’ wages, especially in his constituency.
Bolhassan said the low wages had forced many workers in his area to seek work in Johor and even Singapore.
http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2011/2/19/nation/8097415&sec=nation
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