Migrants discuss next step
The new law on imported labour “is not clear and is still discriminatory for migrants”, Ma Rosa Viloria, the spokesperson of the Macau Migrants Rights Network (MMRN) told the Macau Daily Times yesterday.
After several activities, including a petition letter delivered in the Government Headquarters with no reply, this group is meeting again this evening to discuss their next step.
“We want to clarify the situation,” Ma Rosa Viloria said. “We will meet to discuss what we are going to do next to the approval of the bill,” she added.
Yesterday, an anonymous source told the Portuguese Radio Macau Channel that the MMRN is considering posting a complaint to the International Work Organization and the United Nations if the bill is approved by the lawmakers. However, talking to MDTimes, Ma Rosa Viloria would not advance any possibilities, “as the network needs first to meet and discuss together the next step”.
The bill was first approved generally by the Legislative Assembly (AL) during the middle of last month. Currently, it is being analysed by the lawmakers before sending back to the parliament for a new debate.
Meanwhile, Macau Migrants Rights Network delivered a petition against four provisions of the imported labour draft to the AL, which gathered close to 2000 signatories. The migrants group is opposed to the imposing of a levy on employers of non-resident workers of all job categories; to the six month re-entry ban on workers who terminate their contracts; to the prohibition of transfer to other job categories; and to the penalty of MOP250 that awaits those who fail to show any identity documents when searched by police officers.
Only the last provision concerning the penalty was cancelled by the Government.
Until now, Ma Rosa Viloria assured, the MMRN hasn’t received any reaction from the parliament to the petition letter.
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Most of the workers here is really migrant, so they MUST accept conditions of work here. Macau loyal to macanese and must fully protect the rights of local people.
There is always choice for whose migrant workers to go to other country if they don't like something..
It would also uphold the rights of local workers in Macau who do not have a legislated minimum wage; are not allowed to form unions; and can be fired from their jobs even without any reason by the employers.
This is also true for migrant workers. And it would be better to have solidarity between both local and migrant workers.
If you were to charge them double to rent or to buy goods then you would go to gaol.
Macau is the only country I know off which makes it a law that you have to hire useless unqualified people because the government says so.
Without the foreigners Macau would be a little back water dump where you would earn 2000 MOP a month and the place would be full of Triads.
Just admit it, your a racist and a freeloader who wants everything for nothing.
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