Author: danyogafit

On the one hand, we have unhappy workers or employees working in possibly unsafe conditions, and on the other hand, their employers are planting trees or contributing to the community. It is no wonder that so many people view “corporate social responsibility” with suspicion, or worse still, cynicism.

My piece for the Sun from the Foreign Labour Issues discussion on 16th June 2009.

My latest for the Sun on trade unions.

My first column which does not really focus on employment (although it started out on labour news). Freedom of Information, anyone?

News reports state that only thirteen media companies have been invited to the Perak Assembly sitting to be held on May 7, 2009. The sitting of the Malaysian state assembly of Perak is highly anticipated because of the current political climate in the state, which began when the ruling coalition, the National Front (”Barisan Nasional” or “BN”), took control of the state legislature earlier in the year. This controversy extended from politicians all the way to royalty.

Finally, I wrote something for Global Voices in 2009! In early 2009, Malaysia had the dubious privilege of being investigated by the US senate for the trafficking of humans. News reports stated that the migrants involved were mostly from Myanmar, but other foreigners were also allegedly taken by the government officials to the Malaysian-Thai border, where they […]

Newly-minted Information, Communications and Culture Minister, Dr Rais Yatim, has called on Malaysian bloggers to help inculcate the “1Malaysia” concept, as espoused by new Prime Minister, Mr. Najib Razak. He has also sought cyber citizens to make the concept a success. Dr Rais was reported to have said that this genre of writing, which has become increasingly popular, could spur members of society to work with sincerity and forge unity through responsible blogging. Originally written for Global Voices Advocacy.

With the help of the movies ‘AnInconvenient Truth’ and ‘Eleventh Hour’, awareness of the global environmental crisis has reached new levels. But even before that, since 1970, the year in which Earth Day was founded, every decade has witnessed a greater degree of pressure for businesses and governments to go green. Published in KLUE.

My most recent writing on foreign domestic workers, published in the Sun April 15th, 2009. “Now, the process to hire a domestic worker begins the day after a couple conceives. Things have become so easy for us in this regard that children appear to be brought up more by domestic workers than the parents themselves.”