January 2019 – Malaysia Trades Union Database

Enterprise Unions: Panacea for Industrial Harmony in Malaysia?

Posted on 2019-01-032021-07-29By admin

Adopting a policy of in-house unionism in the early 1980s, the Malaysian government tried out a new mechanism for securing cooperation and consensus at the enterprise level, focusing on the new Malay workforce in the modern sectors and bypassing the traditional trade unions, structured on industrial, occupational and trade boundaries. … Read More >Enterprise Unions: Panacea for Industrial Harmony in Malaysia?

Malaysia’s regime of labour control and the attempted transition to a knowledge based economy : the problematic role of migrant labour

Posted on 2019-01-022021-07-29By admin

Malaysia’s regime of labour control has been shaped by its origins in the colonial era when Chinese and Indian workers were imported to develop the tin mines and rubber plantations. … Read More >Malaysia’s regime of labour control and the attempted transition to a knowledge based economy : the problematic role of migrant labour

The Future and Challenges of the Trade Union Movement in Malaysia

Posted on 2019-01-012021-07-29By admin

The role of trade unionism in Malaysia is that of state-employer dominated model, which could explain the low trade union density, low trade union participation and related problems such as union formation, union recognition, union influence and union busting. … Read More >The Future and Challenges of the Trade Union Movement in Malaysia