More information on the strike (oops sorry, refusal to work) on this page:
http://news.xin.msn.com/en/singapore/smrt-bus-drivers-who-refused-to-go-to-work-in-talks-with-management-2
So, next time we are unhappy with our pay, we shall just ... REFUSE TO GO WORK and then the management will pacify us into making us work by negotiating our pay lah?
This, is something that i feel, is biased!
"Separately, the National Transport Workers’ Union (NTWU) issued a statement that said the union could not represent the affected workers as they were not union members.
NTWU urged the workers involved to return to work immediately and added that the union was prepared to help in negotiations between SMRT management and the workers if both parties welcomed its involvement."
In the first place, these workers aren't even union members. Then they have NTWU to urge them to return to work, okay that is acceptable since there are tens of thousands of people taking the public buses every day. What I don't understand is, why must NTWU prepared to help with negotiations between both parties? Why the need to offer help to cover these people's backsides? Come on, they are the ones making trouble by going on strike, just because of their miserable pay. Come on, I doubt their pay can be SO miserable right? They will sure as heck remit the money back to China and heck, their families are slowly becoming rich right?
I'm becoming unhappy over the foreign workers issue, especially knowing that majority of them just use Singapore as a stepping stone to earn and save, then retire like a boss in their home country. What about Singaporeans like us? We'll be slogging till our deathbeds just to put food on our table.
Not everyone is as lucky as those who are born with a silver spoon. Not everyone has thousands of Singapore dollars in their CPF account so that they can retire like a rich man and play golf every weekend. With the rising standard of living and the rising prices of new and resale flats, most of our CPF savings will be depleted just for housing. If i do apply for a BTO flat, i'll need to fork out $1000+ monthly for 30 years just to pay the HDB. For me, (well for now) I'm lucky enough to be working in a company who deducts my CPF from my own salary, PLUS additional employer contribution into my CPF account. But what about my partner, he barely have $500 credited into his CPF each month. Besides, I doubt I'll stay in this line of work till I'm old. So how now?
Foreigners just stay in their dormitories, or rent a place for a meagre sum per month. Then have a simple way of living their lives whilst sending a bulk of their pay back to their homeland.
It's a fucked up thing to be a Singaporean, yet don't feel like we're put first before these foreigners.
I took the public transport for the last two days, and all i saw around me was majority China Chinese and the Filipinoys. I hate for the fact that I used to be seeing mainly locals on the train, making their way to school or work, but now all i hear around me are foreign accents.
Call me intolerant of foreign immigrants, but they are robbing Singaporeans a decent way of life in this tiny Island that we call home.
We,
the Citizens of Singapore,
Pledge Ourselves as ONE united people,
Regardless of Race, Language or Religion,
to build a democratic society
so as to achieve happiness, prosperity and progress for our nation.
Where is the regardless of race language or religion now?
As far as i can see, most places are placing more emphasis on employing Chinese workers.
They come to a foreign land to work, yet expect THIS FOREIGN LAND to adapt to them. THIS FOREIGN LAND had to translate MRT station names into mandarin so these FOREIGN IMMIGRANTS could understand. Is this fair? It isn't.
My mother, who doesn't even understand English, can manage with the English names of the MRT stations. I see old aunties and uncles regardless of race, who is clearly monolingual, be able to bring themselves around without having translations of the station names. Why must the public transport system be tweaked to accomodate them?
Singapore, i hate that you're becoming a mini-China.
Just like at work, they recently had a change of canteen vendor. The cashier in this case, is a China woman. Obviously she thinks Singapore is China, so regardless of your skin color, somehow we ALL understand mandarin. No woman! You're totally wrong! I'm a Malay, i don't understand mandarin. and even if i do, i will pretend to not understand a single word you spoke!
Well then, whatever happened to ENGLISH as our official mode of communication? Will they pass on a decree that will say that Mandarin is now the official language for communication then?
Always remember,
that the Malay language will and shall always be Singapore's National Language.
Do something about me dear government!
Yours Truly,
The Pissed Citizen.
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