Salient. Victoria University Newspaper. Volume 38, Number 14. June 20, 1975
29-5-75 — Firm Sacks 50 Who Kept Away on Vesak Day
29-5-75
Firm Sacks 50 Who Kept Away on Vesak Day
Singapore Sawmill and Timber Products in Kranji Industrial Estate has dismissed about 50 workers who failed to report for work on Vesak Day. The workers approached the Labour Ministry for assistance in resolving the dispute. Following the Ministry's intervention, the company agreed that the workers would be re-employed if they pledged not to break any company rules in future.
The next day, the workers staged a mass protest outside the sawmill, claiming that the company had offered them re-employment on unfair terms. They said they were determined to sit outisde the sawmill's gate until the company agreed to take them back unconditionally and without any pay cut.