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Work of CDCs should not be politicised, says Denise Phua after Pritam Singh s comments on their relevance
Central Singapore District Mayor Denise Phua and Leader of the Opposition Pritam Singh in Parliament on Feb 25, 2021.
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SINGAPORE: Mayor of Central Singapore District Denise Phua on Thursday (Feb 25) rejected comments by Leader of the Opposition Pritam Singh who questioned the relevance of the Community Development Councils (CDCs).
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National Trades Union Congress deputy secretary- general Koh Poh Koon.PHOTO: MCI
NTUC hopes to boost earnings of about 70,000 low-wage workers
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The labour movement hopes to implement the progressive wage model (PWM) for the food services and retail sectors in the next two to three years, to boost the earnings of about 70,000 low-wage workers.
This will nearly double the coverage of the model, which is currently mandatory in the outsourced sectors of cleaning, security and landscape maintenance, and covers about 80,000 workers.
The National Trades Union Congress (NTUC) also wants to roll out the PWM in the near future to the strata management, pest management and solar technology sectors, said its deputy secretary-general Koh Poh Koon.
February 26, 2021
SINGAPORE (CNA) – Three of the 10 workers who suffered burns in a fire at an industrial building in Tuas have died, said Commissioner for Workplace Safety and Health (WSH) Silas Sng yesterday.
Another five are in critical condition, while two workers have been discharged, added Sng.
Preliminary investigations have found that the accident at 32E Tuas Avenue 11 was caused by “a combustible dust explosion”, said Mr Sng, who is also Director of the Manpower Ministry’s Occupational Safety and Health Division.
The site of the fire at an industrial building in Tuas, Singapore. CNA
He added that the dust was in the form of potato starch powder, a material used for production by the company at the site, Stars Engrg.
SINGAPORE - A Workers Party MP has suggested applying a basic wage floor of $1,300 to many sectors at once so that the Progressive Wage Model (PWM) can be rolled out more quickly, instead of sector by sector.
This fundamental reordering of the framework will help to hasten the pace of reaching the Government s goal of having progressive wages in every sector, said Mr Gerald Giam (Aljunied GRC) on Thursday (Feb 25). Since the PWM is a minimum wage plus , we should focus on implementing the minimum wage portion of the PWM across all industry sectors as soon as possible, then roll out the plus portion only later where practical, he added, in reference to training requirements and career progression ladders.