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The SDP will be organising a public forum to commemorate this year's May Day. It will take place next Saturday, 27 April 2013. The forum, to be conducted in Mandarin, will focus on empowering our workers.
Workers in Singapore have, since PAP came to power, come under sustained pressure, both politically and economically.
The National Trade Unions Congress has done little to advance the lot of our workers.
In the 1960s, many trade union leaders were detained under the Internal Security Act when they demanded better working conditions and higher pay. Mr Zhuang Ming Hu, who was the head of a construction workers' union in the 1960s, was one of them.
Mr Zhuang had championed the plight of his fellow workers in the 1960s but was imprisoned without trial under Operation Cold Store. He will be one of the speakers at the forum and will talk about the treatment of workers under the PAP Government.
Little has changed. Today, in the face of the influx of hundreds of thousands of foreign workers, the Singaporean worker continues to be sidelined. Wages are depressed as businesses favour migrant workers who are willing, and can afford, to accept lower wages. Singaporean workers have little voice.
The forum will mark International Workers' Day and the Singapore Democrats will use it to honour our workers who have built this country. The occasion is part of the SDP's on-going effort to work towards empowering our Singaporean workers.
The forum will be conducted in Mandarin.
Event: SDP Labour Day Forum
Date: 27 April 2013, Saturday
Time: 2-5 pm
Place: China Media Success, Action Room,
#04-41 Bras Basah Complex, 231 Bain Street
新加坡民主党举办劳动节中文讲座
为了纪念劳动节,新加坡民主党将在2013年4月27日(星期六)举办一个公共讲座。这此的中文讲座的主题是:"賦予新加坡工友们希望"。
新加坡的工友们承受了持续性的政治和经济压力。全国职工总会在政府的控制之下,也甚少采取行动来推进工人的利益。
在六十年代,许多工会领袖年为了争取更好的工作条件和较高的工资,遭政府在内部安全法令下扣留。庄明湖先生就是其中一个例子。他以一位建筑工人工会领袖的身份,倡导新加坡员工的困境,但他却在"冷藏行动"中遭拘留。现在是中医师的他,将会是座谈会的演讲者之一。
现今的劳工问题几乎没有改善。在面对数万名外籍劳工涌入的情况下,新加坡工友们的权力继续遭到排挤。雇主较青睐那些能接受和负担较低工资的外籍劳工。新加坡工友们的声音至此微不足道。
新加坡民主党除了想借此讲座庆祝国际劳动节之外,我党希望能继续为工友们仗义直言。我党将继续围护工友们的权利,并协助他们组织独立性的工会。
本次讲座将以华语进行,因我国绝大多数工友们都用中文交谈。 这是他们对于本身的劳工权利和生计发表意见的良机。
新加坡民主党劳动节中文讲座:賦予新加坡工友们希望
日期:4月27号2013年(星期六)
时间:下午2至5点
地点:Chinese Success Media Pte Ltd, Blk 231 Bain Street, #04-41 Bras Basah Complex, Singapore 18023
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