Don't wait for new measures
The following letter was published in the Straits Times forum on 26 June 2010.
Don't wait for new measures
Straits Times, Jun 26, 2010
THE Land Transport Authority has given employers until 2012 to install higher railings and canopies on their lorries.
Does it not matter that more lives of foreign workers could be lost during this period before the deadline?
It is worth noting that when the new measures were announced, the work group which recommended them did not have any union representative or workers' group on its committee.
So, it is not surprising that the recommendations fell short of ensuring more urgent action to ensure worker safety.
We hope that Tuesday's fatal accident off the Pan- Island Expressway, in which three workers died, will not be treated as just another statistic.
It should be a strong wake-up call to fix the inadequacies of the current system with more effective and comprehensive measures.
Jolovan Wham
Executive Director
Humanitarian Organisation for Migration Economics
Don't wait for new measures
Straits Times, Jun 26, 2010
THE Land Transport Authority has given employers until 2012 to install higher railings and canopies on their lorries.
Does it not matter that more lives of foreign workers could be lost during this period before the deadline?
It is worth noting that when the new measures were announced, the work group which recommended them did not have any union representative or workers' group on its committee.
So, it is not surprising that the recommendations fell short of ensuring more urgent action to ensure worker safety.
We hope that Tuesday's fatal accident off the Pan- Island Expressway, in which three workers died, will not be treated as just another statistic.
It should be a strong wake-up call to fix the inadequacies of the current system with more effective and comprehensive measures.
Jolovan Wham
Executive Director
Humanitarian Organisation for Migration Economics
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