http://www.tempointeractive.com/hg/nasional/2011/03/24/brk,20110324-322654,uk.html
Renewal of Migrant Workers MoU only an Empty Promise Thursday, 24 March, 2011 | 18:52 WIB TEMPO Interactive, Jakarta: Migrant Care public policy analyst, Wahyu Susilo, said that the MoU with Malaysia on Indonesian migrant workers was only an empty promise. He said that similar promises had been made in the past. "In Malaysia, even though the Human Resources Minister agrees, the Home Minister is often against it," said Wahyu, yesterday. Previously, the Minister of Manpower and Transmigration, Muhaimin Iskandar, said that Indonesia and Malaysia will sign an MoU on domestics in May 2011 in Jakarta. Indonesia stopped sending domestic migrant workers to Malaysia as of June 25 2009. But Wahyu said that there was a possibility that the agreement would not be realized because both ministers have to agree on it. "It must be proved that the plan is not just an empty promise," he said. He said that points of the agreement are not in favor of the migrant workers' welfare. He said that the minimum wage standard must be implemented. "There must be a definite statement so the specific amount can be known." He said. He hoped that the Indonesian government will implement the deal as soon as possible so prospective workers can have some kind of certainty. RIRIN AGUSTIA | MAHARDIKA SATRIA HADI [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ Post message: [email protected] Subscribe : [email protected] Unsubscribe : [email protected] List owner : [email protected] Homepage : http://proletar.8m.com/Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/proletar/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/proletar/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
