Category: Journal articles

This is a study about the trade union movement in colonial and early post-colonial Malaysia. This is done by examining the role and development of the country’s national labour centre, the Malaysian Trades Union Congress (MTUC), and in particular, its leadership from 1949 to 1981. … Read More >Malaysian Trades Union Congress (MTUC) 1949-81 : A Study of a National Labour Centre

The article sets out to analyse the difficulties facing the Malaysian trade union movement in the early 21st century, focusing on the low union density and poor organization of one of the key manufacturing industries: the foreigncontrolled electronics component industry … Read More >Revitalizing the Malaysian Trade Union Movement: The Case of the Electronics Industry

The period 1934-41 witnessed a tremendous upsurge of labour unrest in Malaya. Beginning with the skilled artisans in 1934, large numbers of labourers in almost all industries throughout Malaya were swept into the vortex of industrial conflict in the following years. … Read More >Labour unrest in Malaya, 1934-1941