Retrenched and drenched, workers hold the line for unpaid wages

About 100 retrenched workers braved the rain yesterday to picket in front of the National Aerospace & Defence Industries Sdn Bhd building in Subang to demand unpaid wages and compensation owed by its subsidiary, SME Ordnance Sdn Bhd.

In their third picket since 2017, the workers who were led by the National Union of Petroleum and Chemical Industry Workers Peninsular Malaysia (NUPCIW) refused to leave their picket line until they were given in writing a pledge that they would receive their unpaid wages by Friday (April 15).

The workers who came in a convoy of about 25 cars from Batu Arang commenced their picket at noon, demanding firstly to be paid their outstanding three- or four-months unpaid wages.

They were also claiming...