Pressing need for all to help workers: Chan Chun Sing
NTUC will work with employers and govt to minimise structural unemployment, he says
Singapore
THE labour movement in Singapore will have to quicken its pace in helping workers and companies cope with economic restructuring amid slower growth.
In noting that the current slowdown is cyclical and, "more fundamentally, structural", Secretary-General of the National Trades Union Congress (NTUC) Chan Chun Sing said in Parliament on Monday: "The labour movement will definitely want to work with employers and the government to make sure that we minimise the occurrences of structural unemployment.
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