PSM, NGOs call for release of five anti-union busting protestors

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Several groups have urged the police to release five protestors arrested outside Ipoh Hospital while demonstrating against their employer’s alleged union-busting activities. “These frontline workers are already victimised by their employer, Edgenta UEMS, and now their rights are further trampled upon,” said Parti Sosialis Malaysia secretary-general A Sivarajan. “We call on the police to immediately release the union officials without charge or penalty.” Edgenta UEMS, a hospital cleaning services provider, is a wholly-owned subsidiary of UEM Edgenta. Sivarajan said the National Union of Workers in Hospital Support and Allied Services (NUWHSAS) had already made multiple police reports and have complained to the Human Resources Ministry regarding their grievances, but continue to suffer constant harassment, victimisation and union-busting by their employer. Regarding the protests, he …