Utusan Melayu Bhd delays paying salaries to workers again

The staff of media company Utusan Melayu (Malaysia)Bhd are facing more frustrations following the delay in the payment of their June and July salaries.

Consequently, they are planning to hold a picket next month if the company fails to pay their salaries again, a source from its National Union of Journalists (NUJ) branch told Malaysiakini.

The source said that the workers were supposed to get their salaries twice, on 15th and 30th of the month, but the delays had affected their motivation to come to work as they now struggle to pay monthly commitments on time, as well as having difficulty in feeding their families...