Courtesy Call Meeting by Vice President NUMW Korea & UNI MEI

 

 

 

On the 27^th of September 2016, Bro Kim Dong Hoon, the Vice President of NUMW Korea accompanied by Sis Jay Choi visited the UNI MLC office to meet with UNI MEI Malaysia to have a discussion and get updated on the media and entertainment sector in Malaysia.

The meeting was chaired by Bro Khairuzzaman, President of the TV3 Employees Union. Representatives from the TV3 Executive Union, al-Hijrah Union, Primeworks Union, and Astro Executive Union joined this meeting.

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Johor Port Berhad Employees’ Union - 20th Biennial Delegates Conference.

 

 

 

 

 

On the 24^th of September 2016, Johor Port Berhad Employees’ Union had their 20^th Biennial Delegates Conference for 2016 to 2018. It was a successful event.

The welcoming speech was given by Bro Suratmin Alwee, the President of the Johor Port Berhad Employees’ Union and the opening address was done by Dato’ Sri Che Khalid Bin Mohamad, Managing Director of MMC Group Cooperation and Chairman of Johor Port Berhad.

Bro Mohamed Shafie BP Mammal, the President of UNI MLC was also present at this auspicious event.

UNI MLC congratulates Johor Port Berhad Employees’ Union for their success on the 20^th Biennial Delegates Conference.

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Symposium of Generating Employees Towards High Performance

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

On the 21^st of September 2016, Bro Mohamed Shafie BP Mammal, the President of UNI Global Union-MLC was invited by Bro Muhammad Zamzuri Bin Ghazali, President of BERKAT to give a presentation on “Smart Partnership” at the “Symposium of Generating Employees Towards High Performance” which was held at the Mini Auditorium, TM Convention Centre, TM Tower. About 110 people attended this symposium and it was a successful event.

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Sarawak Bank Employees’ Union 50th Anniversary

 

 

Sarawak Bank Employees’ Union celebrated their 50^th Anniversary recently. The celebration dinner was held successfully on the 17^th of September 2016, Saturday at Imperial Hotel, Kuching, Sarawak. More than 900 people attended this dinner.

The UNI-MLC – UNI APRO Outstanding Malaysian Trade Union Leadership Award was presented to Bro Andrew Lo as a token of appreciation and to recognize all his services and efforts to the union and also towards its members.

A congratulatory award was also presented to the President of Sarawak Bank Employees’ Union, Sis Hadiah Leen.

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ASEAN Finance Sector Forum

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The ASEAN Finance Sector Forum organized by UNI APRO Asean Bank Unions Council (ABUC) was held in Kuching, Sarawak in conjunction with the SBEU’s Golden Jubilee Celebration on the 16^th of September 2016. More than 50 leaders attended this forum.

Among the people present were:

1.  Bro Christopher Ng, Regional Secretary of UNI APRO
2. Mr Satoru (Tomo) Yamadera, Principal Financial Sector Specialist of ASEAN Development Bank 
3. Mr Tano, Jose Recon Sarosa, Officer in Charge, Office of the Superisory Policy Development   
4. Dr Rene E Ofreneo, Professor University of Philippines
5. Bro Jayasri Priyalal, Director of Finance and Professional and Managerial Services, UNI APRO
6. Sis Hadiah Leen, President of the Sarawak Bank Employees’ Union
7. Bro Andrew Lo, CEO of Sarawak Bank Employees’ Union 
8. Bro Mohamed Shafie BP Mammal, General Secretary of ASETUC

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UNI Commerce Youth Camp, Berlin. Germany

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The UNI Commerce Youth Camp was held on the 11^th to 15^th of September 2016 in Berlin, Germany. This event was organized by UNI Global Union, based in Nyon. 30 participants from different countries namely Belgium, Brazil, Germany, Iceland, Indonesia, Ireland, Malaysia, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sweden, United States and Uruguay attended this camp. Malaysia was represented by Sis Hannah Samuel from UNI MLC.

The opening speech was done by Sis Alke Boessiger, the UNI Commerce Head of Department who will become the Head of Department for ICTS starting 1st October 2016.

On the first day of the camp, the participants had a discussion about working conditions in their countries, and also the professional environment where topics like employer-employee relations, main issues in the CBA, major issues in the commerce sector, comparisons between local companies and multinational companies, career prospects and gender equality were discussed.

Participants were to discuss in small groups and then present their findings to the whole group.

On the second day, participants got the chance to learn more about trade unions and organizing. Issues such as unionization in the workplace, youth representation in the union, membership development, main challenges in organizing in the commerce sector, union busting and so on were discussed and a lot of ideas were exchanged between the participants.

Bro Mathias Bolton, the new UNI Commerce Head of Department gave us a brief introduction on what UNI Global Union is all about.

The participants then proceeded to a high ropes course in Heiligensee, Germany as part of the team building activity.

On the third day, the participants were divided into two groups; multi-channel and e-commerce based on the example of IKEA, and how sustainability can be ensured along the entire supply chain. Both groups had fruitful discussions and then proceeded to present the results of the discussions to the whole group.

On the fourth day, Bro Erkan Ersoy, Director of Organizing (Europe) gave us a talk on “Organizing the Youth to Build a Better Future”. We were then divided into small groups to apply what we learnt during Bro Erkan’s session.

The participants then were taken on a field visit to Ver.di national headquarters where Bro Simon Habermas gave us a brief introduction to Ver.di Youth.

On the last day, the group continued to have discussions about the strategies that could ensure a stronger role for youth in the unions and the camp ended with a farewell party for all the participants. 

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ASEAN presents award for outstanding workplaces

ARROW Award Ceremony, Bogor. Indonesia 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

BOGOR, 14 September 2016 – Today, six private companies from ASEAN Member States received the ASEAN Red Ribbon for Outstanding Workplace (ARROW) Award for their remarkable initiatives to create a safe and healthy working environment through HIV and AIDS awareness and prevention programmes for their employees. The Standard Chartered Bank of Brunei Darussalam, ACLEDA Bank of Cambodia, Kaltim Prima Coal of Indonesia, Sime Darby Group of Malaysia, Maynilad Water Services Inc. of the Philippines, and Microchip Technology Co. Ltd. of Thailand were given the ARROW trophies and certificates co-signed by H.E. Hanif Dhakiri, Minister of Manpower of the Republic of Indonesia, and H.E. Le Luong Minh, Secretary-General of ASEAN.

In line with the goal of the ARROW Award, that is to cultivate better awareness and greater involvement of the business leaders in achieving zero new-HIV infections, zero discrimination and zero AIDS-related deaths in the workplace in ASEAN Member States, the six companies also provide voluntary counseling and care support treatments to employees with HIV and AIDS based on principles of confidentiality and non-discrimination.

H.E. Vongthep Arthakaivalvatee, Deputy Secretary-General for ASEAN Socio-Cultural Community (ASCC), highlighted in his remarks, “we have witnessed significant transformation in our societies, but the journey towards ‘Three Zeros’ is still on-going. Ending the epidemic of AIDS by 2030, one of the UN Sustainable Development Goals, may be ambitious but it is achievable in our region as long as we, together, play our individual and collective roles to overcome the challenges ahead of us.”

The Inaugural ARROW Award Ceremony was hosted by the Ministry of Manpower of the Republic of Indonesia. The award will continue once every two years under the coordination of the ASEAN Business Coalition on HIV and AIDS (ASEAN BCA). The Coalition was established by the ASEAN Labour Ministers Meeting in 2014 to promote greater involvement of employers’ associations in ASEAN Member States in HIV and AIDS prevention and control in the workplace, and to encourage the inclusion of HIV prevention and control in the workplace into the business agenda. The Coalition’s members include the existing national business coalitions on AIDS and employers’ associations in ASEAN Member States. The ASEAN BCA Coordinator will be handed over from Indonesia (2014-2016) to Malaysia (2016-2018) at the end of the 2^nd Meeting of the ASEAN BCA tomorrow.

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