do your maths dont let NTUC con you

[drifter]

i would like to applaud the NTUC for so speedily helping 194,000 union members affected by the recession this year . however , as NTUC has about 500,000 unionised members , this means two out of five members are affected by the recession and need assistance . with a total resident workforce of 2 million . this could mean 800,000 workers are similarly affected by the reccession and are need of assistance .

out of the $23.3 million set aside to help the needy . $7.6million will be used for "family bonding initiatives " as well as to help the elderly . this means that only $15.7million is used to help the 194,000 members who need help . this work out to an average of about $80 per year per member or $6.66 per month per member . indeed , it seems this is not very much once the number are broken .

how much of this $7.6million will be used to promote family at the 6 carnival to be held this year at the NTUC club's downtown east facilty ?

we should also not forget non-NTUC members who are affected and need help , and try to find some way of helping them too . to qualify for NTUC assistance , one would first need to become a member of the NTUC . this means one would have to pay a member fee of $117 annually . does it make any sense then to become a member , and pay $117 for membership in order to receive $80 in assistance ? :oIo::oIo:

 

[halsey02]

i would like to applaud the NTUC for so speedily helping 194,000 union members affected by the recession this year . however , as NTUC has about 500,000 unionised members , this means two out of five members are affected by the recession and need assistance . with a total resident workforce of 2 million . this could mean 800,000 workers are similarly affected by the reccession and are need of assistance .

out of the $23.3 million set aside to help the needy . $7.6million will be used for "family bonding initiatives " as well as to help the elderly . this means that only $15.7million is used to help the 194,000 members who need help . this work out to an average of about $80 per year per member or $6.66 per month per member . indeed , it seems this is not very much once the number are broken .

how much of this $7.6million will be used to promote family at the 6 carnival to be held this year at the NTUC club's downtown east facilty ?

we should also not forget non-NTUC members who are affected and need help , and try to find some way of helping them too . to qualify for NTUC assistance , one would first need to become a member of the NTUC . this means one would have to pay a member fee of $117 annually . does it make any sense then to become a member , and pay $117 for membership in order to receive $80 in assistance ? :oIo::oIo:

You are catching on.... I paid union fees some years ago, and extra fees at year end for some 'fighting fund'....when there was a retrenchment...NO FIGHT!!...so!!??

That was why, I SWORE, any job I go fo thereafter...no UNION...u pay member fees for $117 to get $80..you pay $50 to get a $250 handout...familiar lines...

SINgaporeans are get srewed by a big CON job....:p "MEMBER"... ha ha ha ha

 

[drifter]

You are catching on.... I paid union fees some years ago, and extra fees at year end for some 'fighting fund'....when there was a retrenchment...NO FIGHT!!...so!!??

That was why, I SWORE, any job I go fo thereafter...no UNION...u pay member fees for $117 to get $80..you pay $50 to get a $250 handout...familiar lines...

SINgaporeans are get srewed by a big CON job....:p "MEMBER"... ha ha ha ha

NTUC thought every singaporean fail their maths in school ...:oIo::oIo:

 

[halsey02]

NTUC thought every singaporean fail their maths in school ...:oIo::oIo:

I quit being MEMBER for ages...I swore I would never be one...after I had been forced to contribute ( unionized), get no tangible, 'rice bowl' benefits; other than paying for entertainment benefits...they think all SINgaporeans are stupid & have shallow faculties; and do not know their maths too...

So, when approach these days....to join as MEMBER..I will ask, HOW MUCH!.....then I ask, what benefits I get to be MEMBER?...you get, supermarket rebates...concession to....house of 'fun & sins'...and nothing mentioned on your welfare as a worker......in which the name, National Trade Union Congress..means looking after the workers interests...not what the workers are INTERESTED in..which there may come after...

MEMBER???...me not stupid anymore...pay money for what!...:p

 

[drifter]

I quit being MEMBER for ages...I swore I would never be one...after I had been forced to contribute ( unionized), get no tangible, 'rice bowl' benefits; other than paying for entertainment benefits...they think all SINgaporeans are stupid & have shallow faculties; and do not know their maths too...

So, when approach these days....to join as MEMBER..I will ask, HOW MUCH!.....then I ask, what benefits I get to be MEMBER?...you get, supermarket rebates...concession to....house of 'fun & sins'...and nothing mentioned on your welfare as a worker......in which the name, National Trade Union Congress..means looking after the workers interests...not what the workers are INTERESTED in..which there may come after...

MEMBER???...me not stupid anymore...pay money for what!...:p

the next coming election will be fun ..i will sure fly back singapore to see .