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While the Malaysian constitution guarantees the rights of all Malaysians to form and join a trade union, there are several restrictions imposed by the laws relating to trade unions, i.e., the Trade Unions Act of 1959 and the Industrial Relations Act of 1967. The restrictive Trade Unions Act does not allow general unions for workers.
The Malaysian Trades Union Congress (MTUC; Malay: Kongres Kesatuan Sekerja Malaysia), is a national trade union centre in Malaysia. It was formed in 1949 and was originally known as the Malayan Trades Union Council. It then changed its name to the Malayan Trades Union Congress in 1958, and then to its current name with the formation of Malaysia.
The Congress of Union of Employees in the Public and Civil Services Malaysia (Malay: Kongres Kesatuan Pekerja-pekerja di dalam Perkhidmatan Awam Malaysia), abbreviated CUEPACS, is a national trade union centre in Malaysia. It has a membership of 1,200,000.
The National Council of Unions of the Industrial and Lower Income Group of Government Workers (MKTR) is a national trade union centre in Malaysia.. The MKTR is a National Labour Centre consisting of twenty-two (22) affiliated national and state unions representing over 200,000 workers in the Lower-income Group, commonly known as category ``C and ``D or Sub-ordinate (Supportive) Groups from the ...
The Preamble of Convention 98 notes its adoption on 1 July 1949. After this the Convention covers, first, the rights of union members to organise independently, without interference by employers in article 1 to 3. Second, articles 4 to 6 require the positive creation of rights to collective bargaining, and that each member state's law promotes it.
The union was formed in the Federation of Malaya in 1954 by an amalgamation of smaller plantation unions. It continues to represent manual laborers and semi-skilled workers in all of Peninsular Malaysia. [1] Ethnically, its membership has historically been of predominantly Indian origin, reflecting the workforce in the industry. [2]
Malaysian legal history has been determined by events spanning a period of some six hundred years. Of these, three major periods were largely responsible for shaping the current Malaysian system. Of these, three major periods were largely responsible for shaping the current Malaysian system.
Govindasamy Rajasekaran (1941 or 1942 – 6 August 2023) was a Malaysian trade union leader. Rajasekaran was the founding general secretary of the Malaysian Metal Industry Employees' Union in 1963. The union is affiliated with the Malaysian Trade Union Congress , of which Rajasekaran was elected as deputy general secretary in 1980, and then ...