Hello brother CUEPAC, it's my turn now......
While driving near the vicinity of Proton's factory in Shah Alam around 6:00PM today, I got stucked in a traffic jams caused by workers demonstrating along the main road. From the blue colour jackets, I assumed most of the picketers are Proton's employee. The picket was organized by the Malaysian Trades Union Congress (MTUC). From the placards waved by the "jovial" looking people, I presumed they are asking for the government to enforce minimum wage for the private sector employee. CUEPAC has successfully convinced the government to have upto 40% pay rise to all government servants, now it is the turn for MTUC to show its prowess ?
Never mind about causing inconvenient to other law abiding citizens. Somehow, these people do have a very funny sense of justifications, they seemed to think that if they can't get it on the negotiation table, it is their rights to have show of force with noisy fartings on the streets. I guess General Election is coming soon, it is NOW or Never for them to bulldoze through their demand at the expense of private businesses.
I do sincerely believe, no employers, in their right frame of minds, would want to underpay their employee vis-a-vis their profitability. Private businesses are not charitable organizations, they paid their employee according to their productivity and profitability. It is as simple as that. If MTUC, as a national labour union, keep instigating the private sectors employee to join the picket line for higher minimum wage, sooner or later, the private businesses will relocate elsewhere. Our economy is not as rosy as we euphorically painted. Please bear in mind that, we still have thousands of unemployed graduates and other less qualified Malaysians seriously looking for jobs. Maybe, MTUC should be a bit more responsible in refraining from making demands at inappropriate times that may scare away foreign investors and new businesses..
In the name of fairness and social responsibilities, perhaps, instead of keep asking for the raising of minimum wages, MTUC should be more productivity driven to justify their demands. Why not going on pickets to demand a Maximum Wage Limit for private sectors employee ? Why not outlining their commitment to ensure their members deliver maximum quality of works and measurable maximum productivity ?
Some one told me before that, out of 365 days a years, after deducting Saturday, Sunday, Public Holidays, Annual Leaves, Sick Leaves, etc., Malaysians generally only work approximately 200 days a year. And out of the 200 days, we only work 8 hours a day or approximately 1,600 hours a year. That works out to be approximately 18% of a year ! And Sincerely, are we that productive to qualified for higher wages ? I challenged MTUC to start and operate their own business and pay its employee according to the salary demanded by them. Maybe, by involving itself in operating a business, MTUC will be in a better position to understand the free market philosophy of pricing wages. Let us be fair, indiscriminate raising of wages is not going to proportionately raise the standard of livings. But it may induced an inflationary pressure on prices of goods and services. At the end of the day, we may end up worst off having higher costs and lower standard of livings.
I know, general elections is coming. But let us not be so irresponsible and selfish in our demands. If you felt that you are underpaid, please resign and let other unemployed Malaysians the opportunity to contribute to the economic growth of Malaysia.
Never mind about causing inconvenient to other law abiding citizens. Somehow, these people do have a very funny sense of justifications, they seemed to think that if they can't get it on the negotiation table, it is their rights to have show of force with noisy fartings on the streets. I guess General Election is coming soon, it is NOW or Never for them to bulldoze through their demand at the expense of private businesses.
I do sincerely believe, no employers, in their right frame of minds, would want to underpay their employee vis-a-vis their profitability. Private businesses are not charitable organizations, they paid their employee according to their productivity and profitability. It is as simple as that. If MTUC, as a national labour union, keep instigating the private sectors employee to join the picket line for higher minimum wage, sooner or later, the private businesses will relocate elsewhere. Our economy is not as rosy as we euphorically painted. Please bear in mind that, we still have thousands of unemployed graduates and other less qualified Malaysians seriously looking for jobs. Maybe, MTUC should be a bit more responsible in refraining from making demands at inappropriate times that may scare away foreign investors and new businesses..
In the name of fairness and social responsibilities, perhaps, instead of keep asking for the raising of minimum wages, MTUC should be more productivity driven to justify their demands. Why not going on pickets to demand a Maximum Wage Limit for private sectors employee ? Why not outlining their commitment to ensure their members deliver maximum quality of works and measurable maximum productivity ?
Some one told me before that, out of 365 days a years, after deducting Saturday, Sunday, Public Holidays, Annual Leaves, Sick Leaves, etc., Malaysians generally only work approximately 200 days a year. And out of the 200 days, we only work 8 hours a day or approximately 1,600 hours a year. That works out to be approximately 18% of a year ! And Sincerely, are we that productive to qualified for higher wages ? I challenged MTUC to start and operate their own business and pay its employee according to the salary demanded by them. Maybe, by involving itself in operating a business, MTUC will be in a better position to understand the free market philosophy of pricing wages. Let us be fair, indiscriminate raising of wages is not going to proportionately raise the standard of livings. But it may induced an inflationary pressure on prices of goods and services. At the end of the day, we may end up worst off having higher costs and lower standard of livings.
I know, general elections is coming. But let us not be so irresponsible and selfish in our demands. If you felt that you are underpaid, please resign and let other unemployed Malaysians the opportunity to contribute to the economic growth of Malaysia.
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