Kesatuan NUFAM dimaklumkan pada hari Jumaat yang lalu bahawa majikan MAS telah menyerahkan surat tunjuk sebab terhadap Setiausaha Agong NUFAM, 30 ahli dan semua wakil kerja Kesatuan di atas perhimpunan yang telah diadakan pada 27 November 2013 di luar kawasan masuk KSM.
Ini merupakan tindakan terbaru majikan, MAS, terhadap NUFAM.
Saya telah melakukan sedikit penyiasatan, dan telah dimaklumkan bahawa piket hari itu sebenarnya adalah bukan anjuran NUFAM - dan pada tarikh tersebut NUFAM sebenarnya ada mesyuarat di KSM.
NUFAM kini sudahpun menghantar satu Bantahan terhadap Majikan, Malaysian Airlines, kepada Menteri Sumber Manusia...
Ingin dinyatakan bahawa NUFAM berjaya dalam proses undi sulit melibatkan MAS, dan berjaya mendapat 62.73% - dan pada bulan Ogos 2013 pihak Kementerian mengesahkan pengiktirafan.MAS malangnya tidak boleh terima, dan telah mencabar keputusan undi sulit (dan pengiktirafan) di Mahkamah Tinggi.
Pada lebih kurang 8/11/2013, tindakan disiplin dimulakann terhadap Presiden National
Union of Flight Attendants Malaysia (NUFAM), Ismail Nasaruddin, dan dia di-suspend mulai tarikh tersebut - selepas itu, saya difahamkan bahawa lebih kurang 2 minggu selepas itu - beliau telah ditamatkan perkhidmatannya - kononnya tanpa apa-apa Domestic Inquiry(DI)
Selepas itu kita dengar cerita mengenai ahli NUFAM lain yang kena suspend - http://www.thesundaily.my/news/909121
NUFAM menjadi mangsa majikan .... dan semua yang
NUFAM telah memohon menjadi ahli MTUC - tetapi sedih MTUC telah menolak permohonan NUFAM. Sebab tidak tahu lagi? Saya berharap MTUC mengkaji semula keputusannya dan segera menerima NUFAM sebagai ahli MTUC.... NUFAM memang memerlukan sokongan semua Union dan MTUC...
Nyata dari keputusan undi sulit yang dijalankan, bahawa 62.73% daripada pekerja MAS yang layak jadi ahli NUFAM mahukan NUFAM sebagai Union mereka...
Ramai daripada mereka dulu ahli union lain, MASEU - tetapi bukankah semua pekerja harus mempunyai hak memilih mahu menyertai Union mana? Bukankah mereka ada hak memilih menyertai Union atau tidak? Bukankah pekerja ada hak untuk keluar Union dan masuk Union?
MASEU adalah sebuah in-house union - dan ramai Flight Attendant, dahulunya ahli MASEU telah mahu meninggalkan MASEU dan menyertai NUFAM (sebuah National Union).
Saya percaya inilah isu mengapa ada sedikit masalah dalam perhubungan MASEU dan NUFAM - di mana saya berharap, ini dapat diketepikan buat masa ini supaya kita semua boleh bersama berjuang untuk hak pekerja dan hak berkesatuan...Tindakan, yang mungkin boleh dikatakan 'union busting' harus ditentang habis-habis...
Kita telah mengeluarkan Kenyataan Bersama pada 3/12/2013, yang juga mendapatkan endorsemen ITUC...
Mungkin, kita perlu lagi bersama dengan NUFAM dan pekerja....menuntut keadilan...
Joint Statement – 3/12/2013- now 43
MAS Must
Immediately Revoke Suspension of Union President Ismail Nasaruddin
Worker Right
Issue Should Be Resolved By Negotiations Not ‘Union Busting’
We, the 43 undersigned civil society groups, trade unions and organizations are
disturbed by the news that Malaysian Airlines, a government linked company, has
suspended the president of the National
Union of Flight Attendants Malaysia (NUFAM), Ismail Nasaruddin in connection
with a statements made to the media by the Union, which amongst others
suggested that MAS’s Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Ahmad Jauhari Yahya who was appointed
in 2011, should resign. Ismail was
allegedly suspended without allowances with immediate effect starting Nov 8
following a news report quoting him that was published on the same day.
According to a news report, ‘…NUFAM Secretariat said it is calling on the prime minister to review Jauhari's contract and remove him as the CEO of MAS, which is a government appointed position, unhappy that there has been no changes in resolving the cabin crew's problems…’ (The Sun Daily, 8/11/2013, NUFAM calls for resignation of MAS' CEO).
Amongst the alleged grievances being raised by NUFAM, which represents 3,500 cabin crew at Malaysia Airlines (MAS), as was contained in the said Sun Daily report are:-
· New policy imposed by MAS on a weight control ruling where cabin crew are told to reduce their weight to achieve a certain body mass index within three to six months. Failure to do so would result in an automatic transfer to ground work. The new rule is also a blanket policy and affects all cabin crew members including those who have just returned from maternity leave and may find it difficult to drastically lose weight within a short time frame;
· Cabin crew who joined in 2004 or later are no longer able to enjoy the transport services provided by the airline for pick-up from home, and Ismail said this is unfair to those who joined in 2004 or later, as they had signed contracts that included transportation as part of the benefits; and
· That the MAS management have allegedly cut costs drastically which affected the cabin crew resulting also a failure to review allowances and salaries.
We are especially concerned with this ‘weight control ruling’ which certainly is discriminatory against women, especially to those returning from pregnancy. Increase of body mass index sometimes may be beyond the control of a human being, and this really should not be used to affect their employment.
NUFAM alleges that it wants MAS to
sit down with the Union to discuss and negotiate a new Collective Bargaining
Agreement (CBA/CA) but apparently MAS is not interested to do so at this
moment, citing as reason some judicial review.
Now, MAS has commenced disciplinary
actions against Ismail Nasaruddin, and according to a Malaysiakini report, it
is allegedly because MAS
said Ismail had acted in contradiction with his duties as a chief steward of
the airline by issuing the statement. (Malaysiakini,
14/11/2011, MAS suspends chief steward for criticising CEO)
Now, clearly the statements were made by Ismail in his
capacity as President of the Union, representing some 3,500 workers, and as
such he has the duty and obligation to fight for the rights of workers and that
includes applying pressure on the employer and even calling for the removal of
any of such employer’s officers or even Directors who is standing in the way of
a prompt resolution of the dispute. Unlike employers, every day that a worker’s
issues is not resolved, it is the workers that will continue to suffer. A
prompt resolution is best and just.
No worker, group of workers or unions should be barred from making
public statements to the media or otherwise in the struggle for worker rights
and human rights. This right is clearly acknowledged in the Declaration on the Right and Responsibility
of Individuals, Groups and Organs of Society to Promote and Protect Universally
Recognized Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms, commonly known today as the
UN Human Rights Defender Declaration.
We condemn the action of Malaysian Airlines (MAS) in
commencing disciplinary actions against a Union leader, and urge MAS to
immediately stop this and revoke the suspension of Ismail Nasaruddin.
We call on MAS to immediately sit down, negotiate and resolve
these outstanding worker issues with the trade union rather than resorting to
‘union busting’ strategies which include disciplinary actions against worker and union leaders who dare to fight
for worker rights.
We call on the Malaysian government to immediately to act, given
the fact of the much influence it has in a government-linked company like MAS,
to ensure that justice is done for Ismail
Nasaruddin, the Union and its members.
Senator Syed Shahir bin Syed Mohamud
Charles Hector
Mohd Roszeli bin Majid
Pranom Somwong
For and on behalf of the following 43 civil society groups, trade unions
and organizations
ALIRAN
Asia Pacific Forum on Women, Law and
Development (APWLD)
Cambodian Human Rights and Development Association
(ADHOC)
Center for Orang Asli Concerns (COAC)
CWI Malaysia (Committee For A Workers
International Malaysia)
Damn the Dams
Dignity International-Asia
Friends of Burma
Human Rights Ambassador for Salem-News.com, United Kingdom
Jaringan Rakyat Tertindas(JERIT)
Kesatuan Eksekutif AIROD (KEA)
Kesatuan Pekerja-Pekerja Polyplastics Asia Pacific
Kesatuan Sekerja Industri Elektronik Wilayah Selatan
Semenanjung Malaysia (KSIEWSSM)
MADPET (Malaysians Against Death Penalty and Torture)
Malaysians for Beng Hock
Malaysia Youth & Students Democratic Movement (DEMA)
MTUC Pahang
National Union
of Hotel, Bar and Restaurant Workers (NUHBRW)
Network of Action For Migrants in Malaysia (NAMM)
Paper and Paper Products Manufacturing Employees Union
(PPPMEU)
Philippine Alliance of Human Rights Advocates (PAHRA)
Parti Rakyat Malaysia (PRM)
Parti Sosialis
Malaysia (PSM)
Partido ng Manggagawa (Labor Party-Philippines)
Pax Romana-ICMICA Asia
Peoples' Green Coalition
Persatuan Kesedaran Komuniti Selangor (EMPOWER)
Persatuan Sahabat Wanita, Selangor
Pusat KOMAS
Sahabat Rakyat Working Committee
Sarawak Dayak Iban Association[SADIA]
SUARAM
Tenaga Nasional Junior Officers Union (TNBJOU)
Tenaganita
The Filipino Women's Organization in Quebec
WIRDA (Women’s Institute Research Development and
Advancement), Malaysia
Women’s Centre for Change Penang
Workers Hub For Change (WH4C)
Yayasan LINTAS NUSA – Batam, Indonesia
Saya Anak Bangsa Malaysia (SABM)
Law and Society Trust.Colombo Sri Lanka
ITUC(International Trade Union Confederation)
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