Impact of frequent labor stir without following due procedures by Nepali workers, who have also been found influenced by political interest, has begun to affect the recruitment process of Nepali workers in Malaysia, say recruiting agencies. [break]
JCY SDB BHD -- a multinational company where about a thousand workers had staged protest recently -- has refused to recruit nine Nepali workers who were making final preparation to leave for Malaysia.
More than 5,000 workers, including Nepali, Indonesian, Bangladeshi and Vietnamese, had launched violent protest at the company for three days over the death of a Nepali worker due to ´negligence´ of the employer company.
“The process of sending nine workers out of the 38 workers demanded by the Malaysian company has been halted as the company didn´t show any interest to hire them after the recent protest,” said Kumud Khanal, proprietor of Fusion International, a Nepali recruiting agency for the company.
The company had already accepted other workers before the three-day protest began.
“Not only the JCY SDB BHD, other companies, mainly the multinational ones, are showing serious concern over the increasing involvement of Nepali workers in union movement and the use of illegal measures to push the companies to fulfill their demands,” Khanal, who is also the general secretary of Nepal Association of Foreign Employment Agencies (NAFEA), said.
He also said increasing number of organizations of Nepali workers in Malaysia has also emerged as a serious problem.
“Increasing trend of announcing protest among workers has emerged as a big threat to foreign employment sector,” Khanal said. “Malaysian officials are also expressing serious concern over politicization of labor issues by the workers going against the law of the land.”
More than six dozen Nepali organizations based on political, ethnic, professional and geographical backgrounds are active in Malaysia.
Surya Bhandari, the government´s labor attaché to Malaysia, also said increasing unionization of workers without following due procedures might create negative impact on employing companies that do not like to see their operations halted due to stir of any form.
“False promise made by recruiting agencies is one of the major reasons that forces workers to resort to protests,” Bhandari said.
Nepali workers had ended their protest after entering into a four-point agreement with the employers in a meeting mediated by the Nepali embassy.
JCY SDB BHD Company -- the employer and producer of computer parts located in Johor Baru -- is employing some 8,000 migrant workers including around 3,000 Nepalis.
A total of 57,340 Nepali workers had left for Malaysia -- the most popular labor destination for Nepali youths - in 2009/10.
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