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The Straits Times The industry was short by more than 40,000 harvesters before the pandemic.PHOTO: REUTERS PublishedMar 9, 2021, 5:56 pm SGT https://str.sg/Jjpa They can read the article in full after signing up for a free account. Share link: Or share via: Sign up or log in to read this article in full Sign up All done! This article is now fully available for you Read now Get unlimited access to all stories at $0.99/month for the first 3 months. Get unlimited access to all stories at $0.99/m...

For the past year, Indonesian teenager Amir (not his real name) has been working as a porter at a fish auction centre near Paotere port in Makassar, South Sulawesi.. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Director-General of the Progressives Governors’ Forum (PGF) Salihu Mohammed Lukman, in a statement on Sunday in his personal capacity, titled ‘True Federalism and Labour Issues’, said no one should deny that Nigeria was going through existential challenges that required all patriotic citizens, organisations and leaders to step forward with proposals on how to respond to the challenges. He said the report identified 13 issues bordering on creation of states, merger of states, derivation pr...

KUALA LUMPUR, March 8 (Reuters): Malaysias palm oil sector stands to lose an estimated 11.83 billion ringgit (US$2.89 billion) in revenue for each year that pandemic curbs restrict the supply of workers, an industry grouping said on Monday. The worlds second largest palm producer relies on foreigners for 70% of its plantation workforce, but the flow of workers from nations such as Indonesia and Bangladesh has dried up since border closures in the middle of March last year. "The ...

John Alechenu, AbujaDirector General of the Progressives Governors Forum, Dr. Salihu Lukman, on Sunday, cautioned the Nigeria Labour Congress a...

As agitation for restructuring of the nation political architecture takes the front burner in the polity, Director General of the Forum

The Straits Times Budget debate: Issues raised by MPs concerning workers, local and foreign Workers in contact-intensive sectors should take the opportunity to deepen their skills in artificial intelligence and Industry 4.0-related solutions.ST PHOTO: KELVIN CHNG https://str.sg/JVX5 They can read the article in full after signing up for a free account. Share link: Or share via: Sign up or log in to read this article in full Sign up All done! This article is now fully available for you Read now ...

The Straits Times UpdatedMar 2, 2021, 7:22 pm PublishedMar 1, 2021, 5:00 am SGT New: Gift this subscriber-only story to your friends and family https://str.sg/JVAL They can read the article in full after signing up for a free account. Share link: Or share via: Sign up or log in to read this article in full Sign up All done! This article is now fully available for you Read now Get unlimited access to all stories at $0.99/month for the first 3 months. Get unlimited access to all stories at $0.99/...

Last week's Budget speech declared the Government's aspiration for every sector of the economy to have some form of progressive wage. That goal is well within sight. The PWM has helped to lift the wages of workers in the cleaning, security and landscaping sectors since it was introduced in 2012.. Read more at straitstimes.com.

The model will be discussed in detail during the debate on the ministries' budgets, he said.. Read more at straitstimes.com.