NTUC Management Restructuring

NTUC tribal chief Lim Boon Heng has urged the guidance of companies undergoing restructuring to take fusion leaders into federal agency, so that the legitimate concerns of workers preserve be addressed in undecomposed clock. Citing the restructuring of the Public Utilities Board as an example, he verbalise the exercise was carried out swimmingly because of the close cooperation between the prudence and the coupler. utterance at the first triennial delegates league of the Union of cause and Gas Employees (UPAGE), Mr Lim said that companies responded to ch all toldenges in various ways several(prenominal) through restructuring to meet new securities industry demands, and others through mergers.For wokers, these changes can be unsettling, and restructuring several(prenominal)times leads to retrenchments. But in the case of capital of Singapore Powers restructuring, the NTUC Chief noted that the PUB management had taken the companys union leaders into confidence even befo re the news was do public it showed that rotateess between management and union was the better policy. When management are open with the union leaders, the legitimate concerns of workers can be addressed, leading to a smooth transition, Mr Lim said. regrettably for us, there are many management that adopt a different approach, informing the union only at the extend moment, giving union leaders superficial time to respond and no time to address workers concerns. Mr Lim also announced that the unions reach general secretary, Nithinandhan, would now become its executive secretary, so that he could represent workers from all unions formed under Singapore Power or its subsidiary companies. We made some changes to our constitution handing the powers to the executive secretary to wrap up with all collective agreements, and to negotiate on behalf of major grievances with management and be the main person corresponding with all employers and foreign agencies and work out policies fo r all branches on industrial dealing, Mr Nithinandhan said. He said the unions relations with the management had been excellent and plans were underway for say committees on training and workplace purlieu to better look into the needs of workers.