MTUC sec-gen: 'Economic harakiri' to cut foreign labour but not boost wages for locals

MTUC secretary-general J Solomon has warned that limiting foreign workers to the plantation, agricultural and construction sectors without a simultaneous increase in wages for local workers would be a disastrous move by the PN administration.

"MTUC firmly believes that the government may be committing harakiri on the economy by restricting foreign labour to just three sectors, in the hope to free up jobs for Malaysians who were laid off due to the economic downturn caused by the Covid-19 pandemic.