'Pay up or risk being sued' - ultimatum from retrenched workers to firm

A group of retrenched workers from SME Ordnance Sdn Bhd has given a two-week ultimatum to the ammunition company to respond to their demands on unpaid retrenchment compensation or risk being sued.

National Union of Petroleum and Chemical Industry Workers Peninsular Malaysia (NUPCIW) secretary-general Abdul Halim Mansor, who represented the distressed workers, said they were done with any further negotiation as SME Ordnance had broken its promise to pay their retrenchment compensation on a monthly basis...