Singabloodypore

THURSDAY, 20 NOVEMBER 2008
Singapore Democrats

Let's face it, the present economic turmoil does not hurt everyone across the board. PAP ministers and their corporate appointees continue to earn the fat salaries that they have been giving themselves all this time.

On the other end of the food-chain are the workers who are getting sacked in the thousands. They are the ones suffering the brunt of the downturn many without anything to fall back on.

Are the employers justified in cutting the jobs? How many take advantage of the fact that there is no union here to retrench workers as a first resort? Those that DBS axed days ago have the painful answers.

But one cannot say that this is something new. The systematic subjugation of workers' rights has been going on for decades, leaving them completely at the mercy of the Government and employers.

Below is an excerpt from A Nation Cheated written by Dr Chee Soon Juan. It recounts how Mr Lee Kuan Yew hammered labour after he rounded up and jailed opposition and trade union leaders.

For people who still wonder why and how human rights are important for your livelihood, the axing of the DBS workers is your answer

Read on...