Malaysian Trade Union
Congress (MTUC) is disappointed that Malaysia will still not increase the
Minimum Wage now in May 2015, noting that cost of living over last years have
increased drastically by, amongst other reasons, the removal of subsidies and
the introduction of the Goods and Services Tax(GST).
It was reported that Prime
Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak at the at the government’s Labour Day
celebrations at the Borneo Convention Centre Kuching on 1/5/2015 ‘said minimum
wage could not be increased now’ (Star, 2/5/2015, 11MP to focus on human resources development, says PM). This is
unacceptable because it is unjust that workers in Malaysia are required to
enjoy same rate of Minimum Wages for more than 2 years and 4 months