Factory workers were forced to take annual, unpaid leave to be vaccinated

The Malaysian Trades Union Congress (MTUC) Selangor and Federal Territories branch has received complaints that a factory in Shah Alam forced about 1,000 of its workers to take annual leave or unpaid leave to attend their vaccination under the Public-Private Partnership Covid-19 Industry Immunisation Programme (Pikas).

“Today (July 22) the company declared a vaccination day and compulsory leave for their employees to attend their vaccination that has been set at Setia City Convention Centre in Shah Alam,” MTUC said in a statement today....