Callistus Antony D’Angelus

Successive governments didn't address issues related to conditions of workers.

LETTER | The recent statement of the human resources minister needs to be examined by the Malaysian public.

LETTER | The industrial relations system in the country has, to a large extent, been framed to serve the interest of the government in power.

LETTER | The govt's position on not reviewing the retirement age is based on flawed reasoning and assumptions.

LETTER | HR minister has his work cut out for him after decades of neglect of the system of employment in the country.

LETTER | Labour has been robbed of its dignity

The reports involving the allegation that a carrier, Malindo Air, required prospective female cabin crew attendants to strip as part of the interview process has to be categorised as a human rights violation. If media reports are accurate and it did happen the way it was reported, it takes us back to the dark ages where workers were treated no better than chattel.

Recent political events such as the US presidential elections, the Brexit vote, the build-up to the French presidential elections, the referendum outcome in Italy and the rise of populism, nationalism and isolationism in the West has shaken up the global political order. The clear signals of widespread disaffection by the common people were ignored for a long time by the ruling elite.