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Free Malaysia Today
3 hours ago
- Politics
- Free Malaysia Today
Govt denies blocking MTUC from ILC participation, cites internal dispute
The human resources ministry has urged MTUC to expedite its re-election to restore stability to the trade union movement and ensure Malaysia's full participation in the ILC next year. (File pic) PETALING JAYA : The human resources ministry has dismissed claims that the government blocked the participation of labour representatives to the now-concluded 2025 International Labour Conference (ILC). The ministry said the non-representation of workers at the conference held in Geneva was caused by the absence of legitimate leadership in the Malaysian Trade Unions Congress (MTUC), the country's largest trade union umbrella organisation. 'In February, the Court of Appeal ordered MTUC to conduct a re-election of its leadership within 90 days under the watch of a joint special committee,' it said in a statement today. 'This election was later postponed to August, leaving MTUC without a legitimate leadership to represent workers in any official platform.' The ministry stressed that the selection of the Malaysian delegation to the ILC was made transparently under the guidelines of the International Labour Organization, after seeking advice from the Attorney-General's Chambers. It also urged MTUC to expedite its re-election to restore stability to the trade union movement and ensure Malaysia's full participation in the ILC next year. On June 4, Malaysiakini reported that the joint special committee's chairman, J Solomon, denied knowledge of needing to hold an election within three months of the committee's formation. He had earlier criticised the government for failing to register labour delegates for the ILC.
Borneo Post
2 days ago
- Politics
- Borneo Post
Court-backed JSC has authority over MTUC, chairman reaffirms
Solomon explains that the JSC was established through a Consent Order of the Court of Appeal, which authorised it to conduct the SDC and oversee MTUC affairs within a set timeframe. – Photo via Facebook KUCHING (June 5): Recent claims suggesting that the Joint Special Committee (JSC) lacks the authority to manage the Malaysian Trades Union Congress (MTUC) are misleading and contradict the Court of Appeal's explicit mandate, said JSC chairman J Solomon. He explained that the JSC was established through a Consent Order of the Court of Appeal, which authorised it to conduct the Special Delegates Conference (SDC) and oversee MTUC affairs within a set timeframe. 'The JSC has already fixed the date for the SDC and issued circulars to affiliated unions,' Solomon said in a statement today. He added that the Ministry of Human Resources (MoHR) had acknowledged the JSC's role by officially inviting its members to attend the Labour Day celebrations organised by the government, further recognising the JSC's legitimacy and responsibility in managing MTUC's affairs. Solomon also criticised MoHR for refusing to submit the JSC-nominated names of Workers' Representatives to the International Labour Conference (ILC), calling the action 'a deliberate act of mischief'. He stressed that the Court Order had resolved the internal crisis within MTUC and clearly mandated the JSC to manage its administration. Solomon further alleged that MoHR withheld the workers' representative list from the ILC to avoid scrutiny over the Minister's actions, which he claimed were contrary to Convention 98 regarding interference in collective bargaining process and alleged collusion with employers. 'For the first time since becoming a member of the International Labour Organisation (ILO) in 1957, Malaysian workers were not represented at the ILO conference,' he said. He claimed the MoHR's refusal to submit the names was an attempt to prevent discussion about the Minister's conduct at the ILC. 'It is this agenda of MoHR which resulted in the workers of Malaysia not being represented at the ILC,' he added. Solomon advised individuals and parties against making statements in blind support of the MoHR Minister as such remarks could mislead workers and stakeholders and potentially lead to contempt of court. MTUC Sarawak has since urged the JSC to resolve the leadership impasse and refrain from issuing statements that could create confusion. It reaffirmed that the JCS had been granted a specific three-month mandate to conduct the MTUC SDC. J Solomon Joint Special Committee MTUC
Free Malaysia Today
07-05-2025
- Politics
- Free Malaysia Today
August elections to end MTUC's 3-year leadership tussle
The Malaysian Trades Union Congress had been embroiled in a leadership dispute since a High Court ruling in 2023 declared the triennial elections held in 2022 null and void. PETALING JAYA : After a three-year leadership tussle, the Malaysian Trades Union Congress (MTUC) will hold its triennial elections at a special delegates conference in early August to resolve the impasse. The nation's largest labour centre had effectively been without a working committee after a High Court ruling in 2023 declared the triennial elections held a year earlier as null and void. Since then, it had been embroiled in a leadership dispute. In February, the Court of Appeal heard a challenge by MTUC president Effendi Abdul Ghani against his secretary-general, Kamarul Baharin Mansor, both of whose elections were declared null and void in 2023. It consented to a mutual agreement to set up a joint special committee to run MTUC and hold fresh elections within 90 days. According to a notice from committee head J Solomon, a former MTUC secretary-general, elections will be held during the two-day conference beginning on Aug 2 to select 19 office bearers for the 2025–2027 term. The positions include president and deputy president, 13 vice-presidents, the secretary-general and deputy secretary-general, and the finance secretary and deputy finance secretary. The vice-presidents will comprise seven from the private sector and three each from the public sector, local authorities and statutory bodies. About 500 delegates from private and government sector unions are expected to vote in the August elections. The court had given the committee 90 days to conduct the elections as per MTUC's constitution with a budget of RM300,000. The committee must also submit a report and financial accounts to the incoming office bearers 14 days after the elections. In 2023, the Shah Alam High Court had declared the elections held a year earlier as null and void following an application by a former MTUC president, Halim Mansor, citing actions that were ultra vires the congress's constitution. Subsequently, the court allowed a conditional stay of execution, which made it clear that MTUC officials should only handle its daily operational matters and refrain from making policy decisions and statements or attend meetings in any of their capacities. Effendi and Kamarul were later embroiled in another legal matter on who was the rightful president of MTUC. This led to the Court of Appeal ordering the setting up of the joint special committee.
