Labour movement launches $3m training grant for PMEs
According to the Straits Times news report “Labour movement launches $3m training grant to help PME members” (Jan 28) – “In an effort to grow its engagement with professionals, managers and executives (PMEs), the labour movement has launched a $3 million grant to help professional associations expand their membership bases.
The U Associate Grant, which will be disbursed over three years, will also support PMEs in training and employability enhancement, said the National Trades Union Congress (NTUC) on Wednesday.
Never ending wayang
The never ending wayang by our labour movement never fails to make me laugh.
Since the Government already has various schemes like the WDA training subsidy schemes – why do we need another scheme?
You mean there will be PMEs who can tap on this new scheme, on top of the existing schemes which provide up to 95 per cent funding?
What is the labour movement’s $3 million over three years, compared to the hundreds of millions under the other schemes?
Or perhaps it is a desperate attempt to shore up the shortcomings of the existing schemes?
Protect workers like other labour movements
The labour movement should repent and focus on doing what all labour movements do in the world. Protect workers’ jobs and real wage increases – which it has failed miserably.
It is perhaps ironic that – in its own words “outlined three goals for the movement: helping young PMEs start their careers on a good footing (university and poly graduates’ real starting pay has hardly increased in the decade or so), helping working PMEs ensure they receive fair treatment (widespread discrimination against Singaporeans and favouring foreigners), and ensuring older PMEs do not face age discrimination as they move from job to job (widespread age discrimination in jobs and pay).
(Note: the above remarks in italics in the brackets are mine)
Win battles lose war
TRS Contributor