Sub-Regional Consultation of ASEAN CSO - Trade Unions on the Protection and Promotion of the Rights of Migrant Workers, 1-3 November 2007
The sub-regional consultation brought together representatives of regional and national trade union groups migrant advocacy NGOs, women\'s organizations, academics and other representatives of civil society to review the progress being made by the Task Fo
Established Migrant Technical Assistance Group, August 1, 2007
The Migrant Technical Assistance Group (M-TAG) was formed as a result of a meeting of senior United Nations experts who presented information about their activities and policy recommendations to CS0 partners of the Task Force on ASEAN Migrant Workerrs.
Kuala Lumpur ASEAN CSOs-TUs Statement, 28 March 2007
Migrant workers are not commodities and should not be considered simple factors of production and services, but rather must be treated as human beings with rights, without discrimination in any form.
Largest strike in HCM City
28 December 2005, around 18,000 Freetrend employees went on strike asking for higher wages.
Additional 1.3 million jobs is target for 2006
The socio-economic development plan for 2006 targets sending 80,000 labourers and skilled workers abroad, and reducing the urban unemployment rate to 5.4 percent from 5.5 percent in 2005.
Established CSO-TU Task Force on ASEAN Migrant Workers, 22 -23 April 2006
A Task Force on the ASEAN framework instrument on the promotion and protection of the rights of migrant workers was established in Singapore. The Working Group in Singapore, facilitated by Think Centre, is the Focal Point on Migrant Workers.