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Club Med and trade union rights in Malaysia

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From my opinion, they must take industrial action so that the will get recognition from the employer.

The industrial action may include picket or strike.

The secret ballot must have majority of vote from the members of trade union in order to be effective.

They also can challenge in the Federal Court for the recognition

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From my observation, Mr John, General Secretary of NUHBRW explained about the status of Club Med as a trade union which not being recognized within 12 years. In addition, he talks about the role of IUF in the NUHBRW which has win the union recognition for the members. Mr John has mentioned the Club Med that challenged in industrial court. But they lose the case then, they bring it in court of appeal. As the consequences, Club Med did not get a hotel that they deserve because the trade recognition still in process. Despite of that, the implication of secret ballot delay the process of trade recognition.

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Mr john angelus (general secretary NUHBRW) stated that the opposition of the club  med to recognize the trade union at a hotel in malaysia and the function of the IUF in NUHBRW which finally winning union recognition for the members. They did not getting hotel which they should get because their recognition process still pending. And the secret ballots is for industrial action which a work to make the union to be recognized. they also been challenge in the IC and court of appeal. apart from that, they also can challenge in the federal court for the recognition

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Mr John talk about seek for assistance from IUF regarding the issue on recognition by Club Med in Kuala Lumpur to the union. This is because the issue on recognition has pending for 12 years. In my opinion, union should pass the issue to the Department of Industrial Relations. The department will determine whether majority of the workers are union members or not by secret ballot. If employer not granted recognition after outcome of the membership check, Director General of Industrial Relation will report the matter to the Minister of Human Resource. Minister will order recognition if more than 50% of the workers belong to union. For the employer perspective, recognition will result the collective bargaining. It will higher the cost for employer by increase the wages and benefits of workers.

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Mr John talks about the opposition of club med to identify a trade union at a hotel in Malaysia and the part of the IUF in the NUHBRW lastly winning recognition for their associates.

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It took years before secret ballot is conducted which may cause many employee resign and thus wouldnt have enough member to participate during ballots in order to get claim for recognition

Club Med should recognise the union since the ministry of labour itself have confirmed that union have the majority..and also the law have stating that both employer and employee have the right to form and join the trade union..

On behalf of employer, I think they dont want to recognise the union maybe due to demands that will be requested by union which can challenge them..

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Club Med and trade union rights in Malaysia

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Club Med and trade union rights in Malaysia

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In my opinion, Club Med Malaysia, did not want to recognise the union because they do not like the demand of the union, and refuse to work with third party. As for the employees, they want their right to protected, which is the main purpose of this union. In Malaysia, it is okay for employees or employers to form a union as long as they are separated from each other. Other than that, employers do not have the right to stop any of their workers to join a union or to form a union. This is quite unfair to the employees because Club Med is not a small company, the employees there might felt the injustice n their employment contract and need someone to represent them to the collective bargaining and collective agreement. This case have been thru many procedure that is time consuming and costly, this is not good for the company. Because until now they still did not recognise the union. In the video, John Angelus mentioned that they are currently having a collective agreement at industrial court level. This means that they no longer refuse to recognise the union, but both parties are in conflict with rules and demand from both parties. It will be good for the employers and the employees if both parties come to an agreement as soon as possible.

-Nur Hazirah Atikah Binti Azwan

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In my opinion, as an employee they had a right to form their own union in order to protect their right. And the law had stated that no employer shall prohibit their employee to join or to form any union. For employer perspectives, maybe they think that the employee will demanding to much benefit after they had offer a good benefit for the employee such as service fees

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The interview was done with John Angelus of the IUF affiliated National Union of Hotel, Bar and Restaurant Workers (NUHBRW) of Malaysia. Mr. John talks about the opposition of Club Med to recognizing a trade union at a hotel in Malaysia and the role of the IUF in the NUHBRW. He stated that they already submitted the claim for recognition for 12 years but unfortunately the club med did not give the recognition. After address the matter in IUF at Guinevere, finally they had a good new that the club med is agree to not persuade to this matter. The hotel is preferred to use the secret ballot but it will take a long time to conduct the secret ballet. And because of that happened most of the employee left the hotel and they will not have enough employees to the secret ballet.

In my opinion, Mr. John seeks for the help to recognize the union. Employees have a right to whether to join the union or which union they want to join as long as the union follows the law.  In my opinion, the employer did not recognize the employee union it is because the union bargaining is high, it also will limited the power of the management to run their organization, and the production of the organization might need to be stop.

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This is an interview with John Angelus of the IUF-affiliated National Union of Hotel, Bar and Restaurant Workers (NUHBRW) of Malaysia. They have been asking for recognition for 12 years from Club Med. John also mention that secret ballot is not relevant method anymore because its time consuming. By that time, most of the workers will probably resigned from their jobs and the organization will lack of workers to participate in the secret ballot. He say that Club Med did not honoring the fundamental of human rights and they want to fights for their right. That means by getting the recognition and represent the workers.

In my opinion, the employees of Club Med have the right to form and enter any union as long as the union is following the law.  It is not fair for the employers to not give the recognition even after the union is following the rules and regulation.  From employer’s side, why they still didn’t give the recognition that NUHBRW needed is maybe they afraid later on the union will demand too much and limit their power on controlling and managing their organization.
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According to Mr. John, who is a General Secretary NUHBRW says about the status of Club Med which has not being recognized for almost 12 years.  This is because they do not like the request of the union and reluctant to work with other party.

Therefore, The ClubMed has opposed the rights that should be given to the workers.  Anyhow, as an employee who has worked hard for the organization, has their right to protect right to be protected, in which that is the main factors of the union.

In our country, Malaysia, it is legal for employees to form a union  to voice out their rights and opinions as long as they are separated from each other.  It is unfair for the employers to not give the recognition even after the union has been made.

Apart from that, this case has went through many procedures that is quite costly and time consuming.

The implication of the secret ballot delayed the process of trade recognition.  In this video, John Angelus has stated that they are currently facing a collective agreement at the Industrial Court.  This means that they are no longer reject to recognise the union.

Because of the refusal of the management to listen to the union's arguments, negotiations on the collective agreement have been blocked.  Although both parties have agreed with almost all of the provisions  of the agreement.

Lastly, the ClubMed should deliberate the occupancy allowance and should listen to the union and must wait for 6 months.

-Nur Alqashash Mohamad

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NUHBRW of Malaysia (General Secretary John Angelus of Club Med has stated that they failed to get recognition for their trade union.

Although,after attempts by management to refuse to recognize NUHBRW as the union representing Cherating employees, attempts which failed thanks to legal action taken by the Union and the two parties opened negotiations on a collective agreement, which are deadlocked due to the compensation issue.Management wants to implement a bonus system based on occupancy of the village (occupancy allowance - OA) while the Union does not accept that Club Med put a threat through the OA the system prevailing in the whole of hotels and tourism establishments, namely the perception and the distribution of service charge added to clients’ invoices, whose purpose is to ensure the remuneration of staff.

Because of the stubborn refusal of the management to listen to the union’s arguments, negotiations on a collective agreement are blocked, although both parties do agree with almost all of the provisions of the agreement, with the exception of compensation.

In my opinions, the club med should reconsider the occupancy allowance and should listen to the union .Then, the club med should wait a further six months before making another request and any other attempt to get recognition. Then wait for the decision of the Mohr. The decision of the Minister is final and shall not be questioned in any court of law.

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The videos is talking about Mr.John who are from General Secretary of NUHBRW regarding the recognition of their trade union members . In my opinion, according to IRA section 5, workers in Malaysia have the right to form and join a trade unions . Both employer and employee have right to form and join union as long separated each other . In addition, employer do not have right to stop their employee from join union .

From my opinion, the club med should consider the occupancy allowance and should listen to the union .

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Mr. John the general secretary of NUHBRW stated that club med did not have the recognition even after 12 years of process that include such as fight in IR court and appeal in court of appeal. In my opinion, from the perspectives of employee, they have the right to form a union as no employer should prevent and discriminate employees from join a union. from the employers perspective, they probably do not want union as union may demand many things for employees future benefit

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The video is about Mr. John Angelus of the IUF-affiliated National Union of Hotel, Bar and Restaurant Workers (NUHBRW) of Malaysia and he talks about the opposition of Club Med to recognising a trade union at a hotel in Malaysia and the role of the IUF in the NUHBRW finally winning union recognition for their members. The issue regarding of recognition has been fight for more than 10 years.

In my opinion, Club Med did not want to recognize the union because of the demand of the union itself and basically the main reason why employees want to form a union because they want their own right are being protected. Actually Club Med should consider the union.

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The video shows that Club Med did not want to give recognition to the union which is NUHBRW although the Ministry of Labor has confirmed that they have the majority and request to give recognition. The reason why Club Med did not want to give recognition is because there are not enough workforce who is in the scope to participate in the ballot at the time of the claim. From this issue, i think that both parties need to do negotiation process in order satisfied each other needs and rights. It is a waste of money when the case are brought to the court when it can be done internally with a good term.

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Based on the case about “Club med and trade union rights in Malaysia” Club Med, refuse to identify the union because for them, union is always on employees side and they feel like working with the union is tedious job. But for employee, they want their right to protected by Union. According to the Trade Union Act, Employees have right to form a Union and no employer shall prevent a workers from joining a union by putting a condition in his contract of employment. This case have been thru many procedure. In my opinion, too many cost & time have been wasted , because till now they still not recognise the union. Mr John Angelus said that they are currently having a collective agreement at industrial court level. This case has been scrutinized by the court for more than 10 years. Both parties should be on the same boat.

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From my point of view, Club Med refuse to give recognition to Hotels in Malaysia. Trade union have spent hundred thousands for the legal matters, while Club Med didnt pay any. Therefore, the Union asks Club Med to pay. Now this is the part that shows how the Union plays their role to protect their employees by having collective bargaining in order to create a peaceful relationship between both parties. In the perspective of employer, they should not stop their employees to claim their rights through Union. In this case, the purpose of the collective bargaining is to get the recognition. It is legal. Until the case ends, the Union should continue protecting the employees in this issue.

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Based on this video , mr john stated that NUHBRW has claimed for recognition to club meds for the past 12 years , until today requesting for recognition still pending .

On employee perspective, employee have the right to join and form a union and employer should not prevent their workers from forming a union which is contradict to Industrial Act

On employer perspective, they might think this union can cause trouble to organization as they keep demanding thing that relating to welfare of their members.

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This video is about an interview with John Angelus of the IUF-affiliated National Union of Hotel, Bar and Restaurant Workers (NUHBRW) of Malaysia. From the interview, Mr. John talks about the opposition of Club Med to recognizing a trade union at a hotel in Malaysia and the role of the IUF in the NUHBRW.

In perspective of employee, employee has the right to form a union. Employee has the right to join a union but in separated way and follow the law/act. Furthermore, the employer doesn’t have right or power to stop employee join the union.

From employers’ perspective, the employers maybe do not want the higher demand and basically they want their own right is protected also. Employers thinks by form this union will make a trouble and cause bad effect to the organization.

It happens almost 12 years; it cost the time and money, it will be good if the employers and employees come to an agreement to settle this thing.

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The speaker name is Mr. John. He speaks concerning the opposition of Club Med to recognising a trade union at a hotel in Malaysia.

NUHBRW of Malaysia (General Secretary John Angelus of Club Med) ; failure to get recognition for their trade union for 12years.

In my point of view, Club Med Malaysia did not want to give the recognition as thay did not agree for the union demands. The employees submitted a claim for the recognition because they want their right to be protected. The reason why employees decoded to form this union because they are not satisfied with terms and conditions of the employment. Because if they were satisfied with the terms and conditions, they would not wasted their time waiting the recognition for years. Referring to what i have learned in class, workers have right not to join or join a trade union. This situation is unfair for the employees as they seems been forced to not joining the trade union that they have been submitted for years until they have to go through many procedure in court of  law which is costly. I think they are worth to get the recognition because Club Med is a big company.

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John angelus of the IUF-affiliated National Union of Hotel, Bar and Restaurant Workers (NUHBRW) of Malaysia. John talks about the opposition of Club Med to recognizing a trade union at a hotel in Malaysia and the role of the IUF in the NUHBRW finally winning union recognition for their members. In my opinion, as the employees, they had the right to form a union as to protect their right as employees. As employers, they do not have right to stop any of their workers to join a union or to form a union. This is quite unfair to the employees, because there might felt the injustice and their employment contract. This case have been through many procedure that is time consuming and costly, this is not good for the company as they still did not recognize the union. Lastly, the Club Med should deliberate the occupancy allowance and should listen to the union and must wait for 6 months.