Driver strike singapore

 · "By taking matters into their own hands the drivers have clearly crossed the line," Tan said, noting that strikes are illegal for "essential services" Author: Jeanette Tan.  · On 26 November , bus drivers from public-transport service provider SMRT Corporation Limited (SMRT) refused to go to work, and 88 were absent from work the next day. 1 It was the first strike in Singapore since the Hydril strike in The protestors, who were all Chinese nationals, were aggrieved at the disparity between their wages and those of Estimated Reading Time: 8 mins.  · The Police have substantially completed their investigations into the illegal strike on 26 and 27 November involving SMRT bus drivers who deliberately failed to turn up for work as required. The strike was planned and premeditated. It disrupted our public transport which is an essential service, and posed a threat to public order.

"By taking matters into their own hands the drivers have clearly crossed the line," Tan said, noting that strikes are illegal for "essential services" unless they give the employer 14 days of. An illegal strike by Chinese bus drivers in Singapore has highlighted tensions over immigration in the city-state and exposed the unfavourable treatment of lower-skilled foreign workers. Singapore News - Mr Gabriel Tan had to contend with heavy rain - and an unexpected explosion - when he took his son to a childcare centre yesterday. He was driving past a multistorey carpark in.

3 Singapore sentenced a Chinese immigrant bus driver to six weeks in prison on Monday for his involvement in the city-state's first labor. 26 the mob picketed bus stops and a depot in an attempt to urge other bus drivers to join their cause. The strike eventually erupted into a. 24 thg 7, "Driver went on STRIKE, did not want to continue the journey and all of us had to change to the next bus." Read full story here.