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Club Med and trade union rights in Malaysia

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NURUL NAZIHAH BINTI ABU BAKAR2016596037BM243 5MCOMMENT ABOUT CLUB MED AND TRADE UNION RIGHTS IN MALAYSIAFrom the video, what can I comment is the main issues about the video is basically the employer refuse to give recognition to the National Union of Hotel, Bar and Restaurant (NUHBRW) as a union. For me, it was really not fair because they did not have reason to refuse the recognition even the employer already receive the order from the ministry and high court to give a recognition. It was actually the right of union to get a recognition if they fulfill the condition to form a union. But according to this issues the ministry did approve the recognition but Club Med still want to challenge the decision until this problem brought in UIF-Geneva. He did mention that secret ballot also did not solve this problem because it takes almost two or three years to proceed with the procedure but unfortunately many of the employees was resign so they did not have many members to vote. This issues was pending up until 12 years and after that the National Union of Hotel, Bar and Restaurant got their recognition with the help from the IUF. From the issues I can conclude that, the leader play the important role in order to protect the other members by protecting their rights.

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NURUL NAZIHAH BINTI ABU BAKAR2016596037BM243 5MCOMMENT ABOUT CLUB MED AND TRADE UNION RIGHTS IN MALAYSIAFrom the video, what can I comment is the main issues about the video is basically the employer refuse to give recognition to the National Union of Hotel, Bar and Restaurant (NUHBRW) as a union. For me, it was really not fair because they did not have reason to refuse the recognition even the employer already receive the order from the ministry and high court to give a recognition. It was actually the right of union to get a recognition if they fulfill the condition to form a union. But according to this issues the ministry did approve the recognition but Club Med still want to challenge the decision until this problem brought in UIF-Geneva. He did mention that secret ballot also did not solve this problem because it takes almost two or three years to proceed with the procedure but unfortunately many of the employees was resign so they did not have many members to vote. This issues was pending up until 12 years and after that the National Union of Hotel, Bar and Restaurant got their recognition with the help from the IUF. From the issues I can conclude that, the leader play the important role in order to protect the other members by protecting their rights.

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Assalamualaikum Dr. I am Nurul Masriana Bt Masri. Here is my comment on the video.

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Assalamualaikum Dr. I am Nurul Masriana Bt Masri. Here is my comment on the video.

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The video is about National Union of Hotel, Bar and Restaurant Workers (NUHBRW) in Malaysia who fight for their right to get recognition from Club Med for 12 years.  Even though they have brought this matter to the Minister of Labour but Club Med still refuse to give recognition and bring this matter to the Court of Appeal.  With the help from IUF in Geneva, Club Med agrees to give recognition.  However, they still have a dispute where both of the Club Med and union did not agree on the most term that being mention in the collective agreement especially on the term of service charge.  Hotel manager or employer believe that secret ballot is the best way to form a union and to get recognition.  But based on what Mr John says, this method only dragging the process of getting the recognition and during that time period of waiting, most of the employee might resign.  Once the employee resigns, the number of members in the union will decrease and this can be the major reason for the Club Med for not giving the recognition because we know that to form a union, there must be more than 50% + 1 employee of the eligible workers in the organization belong to the union. In my opinion, Club Med is intentionally delaying the process of the union recognition.  The Club Med might think that the existence of this union will bring problem to their organization such as tarnishing their image and this union might held a dispute one day.  Unfortunately, Club Med cannot deny the workers right to choose their representative in order to protect their right in the industry or work place as long as the employee using a lawful procedure in forming a union.

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COMMENT ABOUT CLUB MED AND TRADE UNION RIGHTS IN MALAYSIA

As we can see from the video, employer can challenge against the law if they do not want to give recognition to the union and the cases can be brought not just only at Ministry level but also to Appeal Court. Employer was not simply give recognition even they get orders from the ministry and the high court. An almost hundred thousand the union lost to get recognition and faced a lot procedure. So to build union they need to have adequate money if something like this happened, they can face it easily. Actually, that is trade union right to get recognition after getting approval from the Ministry but Club MED still wants to challenge the decision until this problem brought in IUF-Geneva. Secret ballot also didn’t solve this problem because it takes lots of time until many of the employees was resigning and didn’t be the member of the union. After 12 years, National Union of Hotel, Bar and Restaurant got recognition with the help from the role of the IUF. From that we can see that union’s leader is very effective in solving and tackle the problem in getting the recognition.

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assalamualaikum Dr. I'm Mariam Bt Mohd Noor

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assalamualaikum Dr. I'm Mariam Bt Mohd Noor

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In my opinion, General Secretary have requested the hotel to give recognition but Club Med didn't want to give recognition so by the virtue of that the minister of the auditor recognition are unhappy with them. Club Med went to challenge it in the court of law which is they referred to the high court after many years (12 years). but they have still dispute where both of the club Med and union disagreed on the term that being mention in collective agreement. Hotel manager believe that secret ballot is the best way to form a union and to get the recognition from the club. But what are the mention from their employer, that method only can drag the process of getting the recognition and during that time period of pending, most of the employee will resign. when the employee resign the number of members will decrease and it will be the main reason for Med not giving the recognition to them. As we know from the topic recognition, when want to form a union, there's must be more than 50% + 1 employee of the eligible workers in the organization in the union.

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Assalamulaikum Dr, I am Nor Haslin Binti Nor Hizam (2016706619). Here is my comment on the video

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Assalamulaikum Dr, I am Nor Haslin Binti Nor Hizam (2016706619). Here is my comment on the video

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First and foremost, this video is about the interview session with John Angelus of the IUF-affiliated National Union of Hotel, Bar and Restaurant Workers (NUHBRW) of Malaysia.  This video is all about the dissatisfaction and unhappy feelings of the IUF union with the Club Med just because of their recognition does not been approved for 12 years. The Club Med bring this issues to the Ministry of Labour in Putrajaya and the ministry confirmed that the Club Med should give the union recognition but the Club Med refuse and challenge the issues to the High Court to more prove. However, when the issues being challenge at High Court they should spent a lot of money about hundred thousand and also times. Due, to consider the money and time that being needed so, the Club Med not pursue this case to the upper levels which is to the Federal Court. Besides, other issues that being arise is the collective agreement the both parties cannot agree about it especially on the service charge. Furthermore, to prevent this kind of issue being arise again at hotel and bars in Malaysia the Club Med should conduct the secret ballot method even though this method is unfavourable method because it takes too long times which is 2 and 3 years to settle. For this durations, may occur the workforce of the hotel being resigned, so this method should been done with the majority of members within the scope to do the secret ballot. To sum up, in my opinion every employees have their own rights to be protected.

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ASSALAMUALAIKUM DR. HUSNA. THIS MY COMMENT ON THE VIDEO. HAVE A NICE DAY DR. LOVE U :)

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ASSALAMUALAIKUM DR. HUSNA. THIS MY COMMENT ON THE VIDEO. HAVE A NICE DAY DR. LOVE U :)

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NAME : FARAH IDAYU BINTI RAHMAT ( 2016706519 )

In my opinion, Club Med (Employer) is totally terrible and selfish because even the Minister of Human Resource, High Court and Court of Appear accord recognition to the union, the employer still does not want to accord recognition to the union. Its not fair toward the union because union already fulfil requirement needed to get recognition. Furthermore, it cause union a lot of money and time loss due to union have to fight at court to get their right …. And even the employer agree to  give a choice to the union to make a secret ballot, this secret ballot happen after 3 years. Its not fair to the union because the member of the union has been quit and resign. So, the union cannot have majority to get a recognition. What I can conclude here is, the leader play a major role in protecting their member’s right and I suggest that the union can quit from fighting to get recognition because I think the employer will never give recognition to the union.

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Assalammualaikum Dr. I am Nurasmuniza Binti Ibrahim2016537739 here is my comment and opinion on that video

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Assalammualaikum Dr. I am Nurasmuniza Binti Ibrahim2016537739 here is my comment and opinion on that video

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From the video that i have watch, in my opinion the employer refuse to give recognition to the National Union of Hotel, Bar and Restaurant (NUHBRW) as a union. It is really not fair because they do not have a specific reason to refuse the recognition even the employer already receive an order from ministry and high court to give an recognition. Next, Method that the hotels prefer to use the secret ballot. The secret ballot method is very unfavorable method for the trade for hotel union because when we submit the claim for recognition it will take two or three years before they conduct the secret ballot by that time alot of workers would have actually resigned from the hotel and subsequently when they are doing the secret ballot they will do not have enough members working in the hotel to participate in the secret ballot, the ballot will be a method  that we should get the majority of the workforce at the time of the claim for recognition that was two or three years ago  we should have the majority of those who are within the scope the believe we can get this. From there I can conclude that leaders plays an important role to protect employee rights and solve this problem.

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From my perspective, I think that the employer of the hotels which is Club Med are being irrelevant to the trade union because he refused to give the union a recognition and the case has been pending for 12 years. From the interview statement, we have known that the union have fulfill the requirement needed to get a recognition.

The trade union already have enough majority to be recognized and even the Minister of Human Resources also have accord the recognition to the union. But the employer is still refuse to accept the recognition and have further the case to the High Court, and Court of Appeal. And it really burdened the union because they have waste so much time and their money just to fight for the recognition. And the employer agreed to do a secret ballot only after 3 years which at that time being the secret ballot method became really unfavorable to the union.

Because there were some of the union members that already resigned from the hotels. So the union were no longer have enough majority to support them in the secret ballot. As a conclusion, I think that the trade union should no longer fight for the recognition because the employer would do anything to refuse them.

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NURUL ATIQAH BINTI MOHD NOR ISHAM (2016572195)

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NURUL ATIQAH BINTI MOHD NOR ISHAM (2016572195)

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Based on the video that I’ve watched title Club Med and trade union rights in Malaysia is about IUF and trade union recognition, club med in Malaysia. According to the general secretary of the National Union of hotel bar.  General secretary has informed the IUF secretariat of the difficulties encountered with local management of Club Med. They submitted a claim for recognition and in the Ministry of Labour in Putrajaya has confirmed that they have the majority and requested the hotel to give recognition. Unfortunately, Club Med did not want to give recognition. Club med challenges the decision to the court of appeal again and went in favour of the Union and still unhappy with that decision they started the procedure to go to the court of appeal which take more time and more money will be lost.The secret ballot is very unfavourable method for the hotel union because they when they submit the claim for recognition it will takes a year before they conduct the secret ballot. In addition, by that time a lot of workers have resigned from the hotel and subsequently when they are doing the secret ballot.  After attempts by management to refuse to recognize NUHBRW as the union representing employees, attempts which failed t to legal action taken by the Union and pressure put by the IUF on Club Med’s central Paris. The process of recognition has a few methods, but the hotels prefer to use a secret ballot. The secret ballot is very unfavourable method for the hotel union because they were when we submit the claim for recognition it will takes a year before they conduct the secret ballot. In addition, by that time a lot of workers have actually resigned from the hotel and subsequently when they are doing the secret ballot.  They expect the IUF in Geneva to communicate regarding their problems or the kind of situation that this union is facing with the local management.

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MUHAMMAD HANIS BIN MD NASSERI (2016340519

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MUHAMMAD HANIS BIN MD NASSERI (2016340519

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Base on the video, National Union of Hotel, Bar and Restaurant Workers (NUHBRW) has their right to gain a recognition. However, management of Club Med hotel delaying their right of recognition for 12 years court proceeding. As the representative of the union said, they already claim the recognition proses following the regulation of trade union act where by minister of Human Resources have approve trade union recognition. minister of Human Resources has a power to decide whether or not union should be recognition. Trade union have a majorities votes which mean 50% + 1 employee of the eligible workers in the organization belong to the union, for that the Minister will order recognition. Behave on management, they will take any action that they think able to delay the recognition by bring this case to the court.  They know they will loss, but this action success to delay the recognition and the trade union burden with the cost. Event this problem brought in IUF-Geneva. Secret ballot also did not solve this problem because it takes lots of time until many of the employees was resigning due to long time taken in court proceeding. For my opinion, the trade union should stop from gaining the recognition because more money and time will be loss.

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Assalamualaikum DR. My Name is Siti Muslihah Binti Azhar (2016728677). This is my comment for the video

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Assalamualaikum DR. My Name is Siti Muslihah Binti Azhar (2016728677). This is my comment for the video

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The interview was with John Angelus, the General Secretary of National Union of Hotel, Bar and Restaurant Workers (NUHBRW) Malaysia in August 2009. In this case stated that, they had submitted claim recognition 12 years ago before 2009.  The claim was supposed being processed accordance to trade union act.  The Ministry of Labour in Putrajaya confirmed that the hotel union have the majority, but the club med still refuses to not give the recognition to the hotel union.  In this matter, the club med should give recognition because they had already challenged it to the high court and court of appeal and the court upheld the decision that the union is right for their company and should have been given recognition, but the club med still refuse to give recognition. Furthermore, club med again brings the matter to the court of appeal which will takes more time to settle the case and will take more cost.  After club med bring this matter to court of appeal the union tried to bring the matter to International Union of Food (IUF) in Geneva and the IUF assist the union and tried to bargain with the club med to not pursue the matter to court of appeal.

The hotel union did not prefer to use secret ballot because it will take longer time before they send claim for recognition. They will not have enough trade union members to participate in the secret ballot because it takes too much time to get their rights by that time many employees already resigned.  The hotel union seek the assistance from IUF in Geneva to explain to headquarters in Paris because they believe the headquarters had signed an agreement of forming a union or to protect employees in Malaysia.  The hotel union told the IUF that the club med did not honoring employees right and that is why they want to form a hotel union.  Even though they have disputes in collective agreement, but it can be negotiated so that the hotel union can protect the employees right.

In this matter, I think that the club med supposed to give the recognition because the union is the way to be on the behalf of the employees for their rights at the workplace.  The hotel union is being supported by the Ministry of Labour that they are the right union to represent the employees at their company and the club med should give the recognition to the hotel union because the hotel union did not perform any lawful activities, declaring pickets or lock outs of fail to comply with law during the recognition and that is why the club med did not have any other reason for not giving recognition to the hotel union.

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KHALILAH BINTI NORAZMI (2016317483)
Basically, this video is about the trade union of  National Union of Hotel, Bar and Restaurant Workers (NUHBRW) that did not get the recognition from The Club Med itself.  This matter is 12 years ago and IUF sent a claim for recognition and all duly process according to trade union act, besides that, Ministry of Labour at Putrajaya had been confirmed that the trade union of NUHBRW have majority and requested the hotel to give recognition.  However, The Club Med did not want to give the recognition and want challenge this matter at court of law which is high court.  The high court made decision that the trade union is right.  And again, The Club Med is unhappy with the court decision and want to challenge again at court of appeal, however, the court of appeal decision is same with previous court and give the trade union recognition.  Trade Union had spent this matter almost more than 100,000 dollars.  Furthermore, the IUF itself have address this issues to IUF in Geneva and finally The Club Med agrees not to bring this matters to federal court.  Apart of recognition issues, there is another issue which is collective agreement.  John Angelus said that, both parties not agree with the term and condition on the issue of service charge.
From the interview we could know the method on how a hotel at Malaysia want to stop or prevent trade union from being form.  They using a secret ballot which is unfavourable method for the trade union because this method it takes some years to conduct.  At the time they do the secret ballot, a lot of workers would resign due to secret ballot. Due to many members had resign and trade union will not have enough members to participate in the ballot.  In order to conduct secret ballot, it needs a majority member.
Based on my opinion, an employee has a right to form a union in order to protect their right at workplace.  The trade union must have credibility and capable leadership to represent for their member and to voice out their issues to their employer. The Med Club should hear what the problem of their workers through the trade union and from there The Med Club could come out a solution to that issues that been arises. A part from that, it is crucial for an organization or an employers to take care of their worker’s well-being in order to remain them in the organization and keep the harmonious vibes among each other and have a safe working environment.

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assalammualaikum Dr. I am Zafirah binti Zahrin 2016577441

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assalammualaikum Dr. I am Zafirah binti Zahrin 2016577441

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Based on my opinion, the video shown have given me more detail about how the process of recognition of trade union happen. It show how the Club Med claim for the recognition for 12 years but still unhappy even though the minister have given the order. So, they went to challenge the matter to the high court. High court has made a decision that the union was right, however, they still unhappy with the decision, Club Med challenge the decision to the court of appeal. As we know, when the court already made their decision, the employer do not have the right to challenge any more. This will make the process wasted of time and cost a lot of money.
Common issue in this video is secret ballot. Secret ballot is very unfavourable method in the trade union hotel and it will take 2 or 3 year before they can conduct the secret ballot. As we know secret ballot happen for those who are union member only. However, in this case, they do not have enough members. It should have more than 50%+1 employee.
Lastly, the employee have their right in protecting their working condition and participate in the collective agreement process where they can disputes about their right.

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Assalamualaikum Dr, my name is Nur Syafiqah Ramlee(2016596123).Here is my comment on the video.

The issue in the video is about the National Union of House Bar and Restaurant Workers (NUHBRW) fighting for 12 years in order to get the recognition from the employer.  In my point

of view, even though they have the right to refuse to give recognition, the employer should not be

challenging up to the court of appeal because the Minister of Labour, High Court itself prove that the union was right, they confirm and upheld the decision to a call recognition.  However, the employer still insist to give recognition which lead to time and money lost from the union itself.Because of the Med Club refusal, NUHBRW had to bring the case to the IUF and luckily, they

agreed to not pursue the matter in federal court.  From what I see, the Club Med is intentionally did not want to give recognition to the NUHBRW while actually they should give the recognition to the union because they are the one who will protect their employee’s right.

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Assalamualaikum Dr. I am Nur Maisarah binti Khairolnizam. 2016307599

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Assalamualaikum Dr. I am Nur Maisarah binti Khairolnizam. 2016307599

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From the video, what can I comment is the Club Med should not deny the right of   National Union of Hotel, Bar and Restaurant (NUHBRW) to form a union. They also should not challenge the issue up until the Court of Appeal as the Ministry Of Labour has confirmed that NUHBRW has a majority and should be recognized. But because of the Club Med’s decision to refuse the recognition, this union had to wait until 12 years to be recognized and they had spent a lot of money for legal expenses. Due to this problem, NUHBRW had to bring the case to the IUF in the Geneva and fortunately Club Med had agreed to recognize them. In this video also, Mr John had mentioned that secret ballot is the unfavourable method for them. This is because the hotel only conduct the secret ballot after two or three years after the claim was made. This action affect NUHBRW because at that time, many employees had resigned and the union did not have enough members who working in the hotel to participate in the ballot. The union need to fulfill the condition where they must have 50% + 1 eligible employees in the organization in order to get recognition. So from this issue, I can say Club Med is intentionally did want to accord recognition to the NUHBRW. Lastly, the organization should recognized the trade union as they are the representative that will protect the employee's rights to the employer.

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Assalamualaikum Dr. I am Nurishahtin binti Ghazali.

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Assalamualaikum Dr. I am Nurishahtin binti Ghazali.

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According to the video, John in Monroe Angeles the general secretary of the National Union of hotel bar based in Colombo and this is regard to the Club Med sometime 12 years ago them submitted a claim for recognition.  The claim was duly processed in accordance to the trading in egg while by the Ministry of Labour in putrajaya, that confirmed have the majority and requested the hotel to give recognition.  Unfortunately Club Med did not give a recognition so by virtue of that the minister or the auditor recognition unhappy with the minister’s, Club Med went to challenge it in the court of law the when the matter was referred to high court.  When the high court made a decision that the union was right and upheld the decision and went in favour of the Union and still unhappy with that decision they started the procedure to go to the court of appeal which they should take more time and more money will be lost by then the Unionist’s already spent more than hundred thousand dollars in legal expense in this indecision subsequently.  The hotel prefer to use by secret ballot method, is a very unfavorable method for the trade for the hotel union because they were when they summit the claim for recognition it take two three years before they conduct the secret ballot .Subsequently when they are doing the secret ballot they will not have enough members working to the hotel to participate in the ballot thus the ballot will be the methods of the ballot should get the majority of the workforce at the time of claim for recognition that was two or three years ago.
They believe IUF have signed with the club that they recognizes the fundamental forming a union and agreed to have disputed in the collective agreement that there can be settled by virtue of negotiation.  They have right to represent to their workers working in club met  investigating so they can start to worked for the improvement of the betterment by working condition

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Assalammualaikum Dr. My name is Eliza Sofea Binti Mohamad. 2016586777

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From my view and understanding in this video, in this case I think club med should give recognition to their employee to join Union because the employee have right to do so. However, club med has right to refuse but if they are not doing things that against the law why would club med refuse their recognition. Being in union is just to give them some sort of insurance for their better and bright future if in case anything bad happen to them.

Apart from that, maybe club med feel insecure and afraid if their employee could do anything bad to their company for example strike. As I learn from IR course, anything would come with procedure and it is not easy for us employee to strike any issue and it is must come with certain of condition. Hence, giving them a recognition is not such a big deal. As employee even as human being we have right to feel protected.

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Assalamualaikum Dr., I am Wan Nur Syazlyn Asmira bt Wan Mohd Sanusi (2016534727)

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Assalamualaikum Dr., I am Wan Nur Syazlyn Asmira bt Wan Mohd Sanusi (2016534727)

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Here is my opinion to the video given:

What we can took from this video is how National Union of Hotels, Bars and Restaurants Workers (NUHBRW) of Malaysia claimed for their union recognition to the Club Med.

John Angelus, general secretary for the union said that they had been inform that they got majority but still they had to wait for twelve years in order to get the recognition.  From the interview, I think that the hotel as the employer refuse to give the cognition to the union even though the union has approval from the Ministry of Labour in Putrajaya.

Angelus said that they had been approved because they followed every rules and act. However, the employer still refuse to give them the recognition and this be the cause for the employer to challenge the union in the appeal court.

The High Court, Court of Appeal, and the Minister also upheld the decision that the union was right but still the employer refuse to give the recognition. The union told that they spent more time and more money lost in the process.

Until they had been informed from the Paris office that they had been given the recognition. This process is quite long for them to get their rights. Angelus also said that they used the method of secret ballot which during the process they get no new hotel to work. The union is supposed to improve their working condition and protect the right of their members.

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Assalamualaikum Dr. My name is Mimi Asyiqin bt Borhanudin 2016565045.

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Club Med and Trade Union rights in Malaysia.

From the video,the issue is about the employer which is the club med who had refused to give recognition to the union in the company. As according to the IRA 1967, the employer has every rights either to give, refuse or make a request to DGIR whether to give recognition or not. However, it seems that even after the union has follow a right procedure to gain recognition from the club med, they do not want to give recognition and has challenge the decision and awards gave by the court.

From my understanding, the employer in this case should have give a recognition to the union as long as the activities did not contradict with the laws. They cannot simply refuse to not give recognition without specific reasons and they must realize that the employees have every rights to form a union and to be represented. This is because in order to have a harmonious relationship the employer should recognize the employees'union so that they can negotiate in any terms and conditions of employment to achieve a collective agreement and therefore create a win-win situation.

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NURAISHAH BINTI ISMAIL2016718721, BM2435MFrom this video, I can see that National Union of Hotel and Bar (NUHBRW) are seeking the recognition after the establish their union. Unfortunately, their employer refuses to give the recognition on their union. They took 12 years to get recognition. NUHBRW has forward this issue to Ministry of Human Resource. Ministry also has recognized them has a majority and requested the hotel to give recognition. Unfortunately Club Med still refuse to give recognition and bring up this case to the Court. After a year, the high court also made a decision that the union was right. Club Med are dissatisfied with this decision and challenged the decision to the court of appeal. When this case brings up to the case of appeal, union need to spend more time and cost. The secretary of NUHRBW told that they have spent around 100,000 dollars in this case.Besides that, Mr. John had mentioned that secret ballot was the unfavorable method for them. This is because, hotel conduct the ballot two or three year after the claim is made. But by time, a lot of workers had already resigned and during that time, union don’t have enough members to participate in the ballot. So from this, I can see that Club Med intentionally to conduct the secret ballot because of union lack of member thus effect in their vote to get recognition. As a conclusion, Club Med should not refuse their worker to form a union. It is because, the worker only wants to ensure their right as employee are protected. If the Club Med follow the rules and law of employment, the union will feel satisfied with them thus it can establish the harmony working environment.

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NURAISHAH BINTI ISMAIL2016718721, BM2435MFrom this video, I can see that National Union of Hotel and Bar (NUHBRW) are seeking the recognition after the establish their union. Unfortunately, their employer refuses to give the recognition on their union. They took 12 years to get recognition. NUHBRW has forward this issue to Ministry of Human Resource. Ministry also has recognized them has a majority and requested the hotel to give recognition. Unfortunately Club Med still refuse to give recognition and bring up this case to the Court. After a year, the high court also made a decision that the union was right. Club Med are dissatisfied with this decision and challenged the decision to the court of appeal. When this case brings up to the case of appeal, union need to spend more time and cost. The secretary of NUHRBW told that they have spent around 100,000 dollars in this case.Besides that, Mr. John had mentioned that secret ballot was the unfavorable method for them. This is because, hotel conduct the ballot two or three year after the claim is made. But by time, a lot of workers had already resigned and during that time, union don’t have enough members to participate in the ballot. So from this, I can see that Club Med intentionally to conduct the secret ballot because of union lack of member thus effect in their vote to get recognition. As a conclusion, Club Med should not refuse their worker to form a union. It is because, the worker only wants to ensure their right as employee are protected. If the Club Med follow the rules and law of employment, the union will feel satisfied with them thus it can establish the harmony working environment.

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Assalamualaikum Dr Husna. My name is Nurul Aqilah Binti Azman (2016376223).

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Assalamualaikum Dr Husna. My name is Nurul Aqilah Binti Azman (2016376223).

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As I can see from the video is about issue on 12 years ago which is National Union of Hotel Bar and Restaurant workers in Malaysia who fight their right to get recognition. Their already bring this issue to claim the recognition to the Minister of Labour in Putrajaya. Unfortunately, the employer of club med still refuses to give recognition to them and bring this issue to the high court. After a year, the high court made decision that the union was right and with the help of IUF, finally the National Union of Hotel Bar and Restaurant got their recognition.

In my opinion, the employer of Club Med should not refuses to give recognition to the union as long as the activities and also term and condition do not contrary with the law.

Other my opinion, every employees have a right to form union and represented what the issue that their not satisfied with the term and condition. So the employer cannot refuse to give recognition to the union without having any specific reasons.

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What I can say about the video is that the employer is being very illogical for not wanting to give recognition to the union. What makes it become more absurd is that this issue has been over 12 years. First of all, as what we have learnt, every employee and employer has the right to form a union. They can form the union if they have fulfill the conditions needed and the employer have no right to refrain them from doing so. In gaining recognition also, although employer has the right to grant recognition or not but, but if the employer wish to refuse to grant recognition the employer must clarify the reason for that decision. Unlike this case, the employer did not mention anything about the reason why they refuse to grant recognition to the union. Moreover, the union has issue this matter to the minister and even when the minister has given recognition, the employer still refuse to accept the decision and fight for this case over and over again.

In my opinion, this is such a waste because the employer may refuse to grant recognition because they are afraid that the establishment of union may challenge their power as the employer but, in pursuing the issue from one court to another, they have actually incurred a lot of legal cost which is totally a lost because at the end, the outflow of money did not give them any return. As what the representative said, yes trade dispute may occur but that can be settle through various of ways like negotiation and more.

By refusing to grang recognition, the intention to secure their own right is actually lead them to a bigger problem as they have challenge the right of their own employee and cause the employee to feel irritated.

Instead of thingking of ways to deny the employees' right, the employer should be focusing on how to have a good relationship with the union so that the work environment is conducive for both the employer and employee to do work so they can both achieve the desired productivity/results.

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Assalamualaikum Dr., I am Ahmad Faizal bin Ab Rahman (2016565361)Here is my opinion :What I see from this video is how National Union of Hotels, Bars and Restaurants Workers (NUHBRW) of Malaysia claimed for their union recognition to the Club Med.They fighting for 12 years in order to get the recognition from the employer. The claim was duly processed in accordance to the trading in egg while by the Ministry of Labour in putrajaya, that confirmed have the majority and requested the hotel to give recognition.Unfortunately Club Med did not give a recognition so by virtue of that the minister or the auditor recognition unhappy with the minister’s, Club Med went to challenge it in the court of law the when the matter was referred to high court.  When the high court made a decision that the union was right and upheld the decision and went in favour of the Union and still unhappy with that decision they started the procedure to go to the court of appeal which they should take more time and more money will be lost by then the Unionist’s already spent more than hundred thousand dollars in legal expense in this indecision subsequently.Secret ballot is very unfavorable method in the trade union hotel and it will take 2 or 3 year before they can conduct the secret ballot. Secret ballot happen for those who are union member only. However, they do not have enough members. It should have more than 50%+1 employee. Finally, the employees have their right in protecting their working condition and participate in the collective agreement process where they can fight for their right.

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Assalamualaikum Dr., I am Ahmad Faizal bin Ab Rahman (2016565361)Here is my opinion :What I see from this video is how National Union of Hotels, Bars and Restaurants Workers (NUHBRW) of Malaysia claimed for their union recognition to the Club Med.They fighting for 12 years in order to get the recognition from the employer. The claim was duly processed in accordance to the trading in egg while by the Ministry of Labour in putrajaya, that confirmed have the majority and requested the hotel to give recognition.Unfortunately Club Med did not give a recognition so by virtue of that the minister or the auditor recognition unhappy with the minister’s, Club Med went to challenge it in the court of law the when the matter was referred to high court.  When the high court made a decision that the union was right and upheld the decision and went in favour of the Union and still unhappy with that decision they started the procedure to go to the court of appeal which they should take more time and more money will be lost by then the Unionist’s already spent more than hundred thousand dollars in legal expense in this indecision subsequently.Secret ballot is very unfavorable method in the trade union hotel and it will take 2 or 3 year before they can conduct the secret ballot. Secret ballot happen for those who are union member only. However, they do not have enough members. It should have more than 50%+1 employee. Finally, the employees have their right in protecting their working condition and participate in the collective agreement process where they can fight for their right.

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NURUL SYAMIMI BINTI MD TAHIRI (2016728615

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NURUL SYAMIMI BINTI MD TAHIRI (2016728615

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As a conclusion from that video, what I can say is Club Med refuse to give the recognition to the National Union of Hotel, Bar and Restaurant Workers (NUHBRW) of Malaysia which actually its their right to claim for recognition. Ministry of Labour in Putrajaya confirmed that they have a majority and requested the hotel to give the recognition but Club Med did not want to give the recognition. However, Club Med want to challenge it in the court of law. Even though they brought this matter to the Ministry of Labour, but still Club Med want to brought this matter to Court of Appeal  until this problem brought in IUF Geneva. The IUF Geneva brought a good news that Club Med agree not to pursue this case to the Federal Court. The secret ballot cannot solve this problem and this cause the employee turnover and the union did not have enough members working in the hotel to participate in the ballot. The union need to have a majority so they can get their rights. Club Med thinks that the union will bring a problem to them and refuse to give the recognition although Club Med know that the union have right to get the recognition from them. As long as the union use the law procedure to perform a union, so that the employers cannot deny the employers right to form a union.

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Assalammualaikum Dr Husna. I am BATRISHIA HIDAYAH BINTI MOHAMED YUSOFF (2016565987

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Assalammualaikum Dr Husna. I am BATRISHIA HIDAYAH BINTI MOHAMED YUSOFF (2016565987

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From my understanding, the employer of the hotel which is Club Med refuse to give recognition to the National Union of Hotel, Bar and Restaurant and they fight these cases for 12 years. Even though these cases have brought to the Ministry and also Court of Appeal, Club Med still refuse it. But, with the help of IUF in Geneva, Club Med agreed to give the recognition and not pursuing the matter to Federal Court. However, there are still a disputes between these both parties where the both parties didn’t agree in the term of service charge in the collective agreementand the employer believe by conducting a secret ballot could solve the issues and they can form the union but this method take times about 2 and 3 years to settle. It is not fair to do so as they may be lack of number of employees to participate in the ballot due to resignation from the hotel. In the conclusion, the employer should considered the all the employees right in the organization to create harmonious working environment :)

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After analyzing the video from the task given by Dr. Husna, the problem that I am able to identifies is that the inability of National Union of Hotel, Bar and Restaurant Workers to gain their right for recognition from the management of Club Med Hotel.

This problem occurs as management of Club Med Hotel delaying their recognition of the trade union and this issue has been in and out of court proceeding for more than 12 years. According to the interview on the video which titled ‘Club Med and trade union rights in Malaysia’, the representative of the IUF stated that they have follow the terms and regulation process in claiming the recognition of the trade union from the management of Club Med Hotel and it has been approved by Minister of Human Resource as the trade union gain majority votes 50% + 1 employee of the eligible workers in the organization belong to the union and should be recognize.

The unhappy management of Club Med Hotel then challenged the issue to The High Court knowing that the result would still sided to the trade union recognition and still they intended to bring this issue to The Court of Appeal and the result were the same, they done in just to prolong the duration for the trade union to gain recognition. This has caused the trade union to spend a dime in order to uphold their right to gain recognition and for me this is a strategy from the management to protest for the result of the vote as there are pro’s and con’s in gaining recognition of a trade union as it also involve the management.

The next issues is after 3 years of the recognition of the trade union, the employer agreed to do a secret ballot for collective agreement from trade union and it was unfavorable to them as many of the union employee in the organization start to resign and it give them disadvantage as majority of the union employee are not there to support the secret ballot vote.

To conclude the video analysis is that the trade union should not continue to pursue the right for the employee if there are no critical issue that being forwarded to them. Aside from that, trade union need to carefully approached the organization management so that both side should be able to gain benefit from the issues arise, only then the collective agreement made can successfully agreed from both side.

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Assalamualaikum w.b.t Dr. I would like to comment pertaining to the issue on Club Med and National Union of Hotel, Bar and Restaurant Workers (NUHBRW) of Malaysia. the issue is about the recognition of the NUHBRW. Club Med has challenge the Minister in few courts that make the case was pending for many years which placed the trade union to be in vague situation. This shows that Club Med does not trust the Minister’s credibility even though he has the right to make the decision. This is because the decision was based on investigation with the Director General of Industrial Relations and the involvement from few officers. So, the decision that has been made is for a reasonable cause. However, Club Med still dissatisfied and want to challenge Minister’s decision regarding to the recognition in High Court and Court of Appeal. The issue should not be prolonged as it will affect both employer and the trade union. Besides, the intervention of IUF is a good step as they try to persuade Club Med to not extend the issue of the recognition any longer. From my view, I can see that IUF has play big role in the success of getting recognition from Club Med because the case has been pending for 12 years. In addition, the need to have a trade union is a basic right given in order to have better conditions of employment and Club Med should allow the National Union of Hotel, Bar and Restaurant Workers (NUHBRW) to represent and get the recognition.

About the issue for secret ballot, I believe that secret ballot have many advantages. However, as in few cases, when the case has been pending for a very long time without coming to the decision, it will be a discomfort to the employees as they are feeling demotivated and could not wait for the secret ballot to be held because the employees resigned. This will give effect as the decision must be comes from majority of the trade union members. As a result, the numbers will be reduced and might not reach the majority.

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Assalamualaikum dr, my name is FAEZNUR FATIHAH BINTI SAAD (2016343329)

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Assalamualaikum dr, my name is FAEZNUR FATIHAH BINTI SAAD (2016343329)

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First of all the video is an interview session with John Angelus, the General Secretary of National Union of Hotel, Bar and Restaurant Workers (NUHBRW). He stated his unhappy feelings towards their employer of the hotel which is the Club Med. This is because the employer being irrelevant to the union when he refused to give them a recognition and the case has been pending for 12 years. Ministry of Labour in Putrajaya confirmed that the union have a majority and requested the hotel to give the recognition. However, Club Med are dissatisfied with this decision and challenged the decision to the court of appeal. When this case brings up to the case of appeal, union need to spend more time and cost. Mr. John told that they had spent around 100,000 dollars in this case. With the help of IUF in Geneva, finally Club Med agreed to give the recognition.

Besides that, Mr. John had mentioned that the hotel conduct the secret ballot two or three year after the claim is made. But by time, a lot of workers had already resigned and during that time, union don’t have enough members to participate in the ballot. From what I can see, I think that Club Med intentionally conduct the secret ballot at that time because the union don’t have enough members. Thus is give negative impact to the union. Besides that, from what I have learn, both employee and employer have the right to perform their own union. Club Med should not refuses to give recognition to the union as long as the activities and also term and condition do not contrary with the law. The employer should consider about their employee’s right. Employee work in the organization and they also contribute in achieving the organization’s objective and goals. So, the employer should create a good relationship with the employee so that the work environment is in perfect condition.

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ANIN ATIFAH BINTI ABDUL RAHIM(2016718493)

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ANIN ATIFAH BINTI ABDUL RAHIM(2016718493)

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Here is my comment about the video. As we can see, the main issue in the video is employer do not want to give recognition to the National Union Of Hotel, Bar and Restaurant as a Union. Because of that, Club Med brings this issue to the Minister of Labor in Putrajaya. After that, ministry confirmed that Club Med should give recognition but still, Club Med refuses to give recognition. For my opinion. I think that Club Med is totally selfish because do not give recognition to the National Union of Hotel, Bar and Restaurant. This also not fair towards union because union is already fulfill all the requirement. The method that they want to use is secret ballot. For my opinion the secret ballot method is not unfavourable, because when we submit the claim for recognition it takes two or three years before they conduct the secret ballot. Lastly, organization should recognized the union because it can protect employees right.

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Assalamualaikum dr husna.
Im nurhidayah binti mohamad mokhtar. Based on the video, in my opinion the management are intentionally delaying the process of recognition of the union. There must be the hidden reason why the management delaying the recognition as it takes years to award the recognition of the union. It is so frustrated for the union as they cant do much when they still don’t have the recognition. I think it would be great if the govt can restructure the process of recognition as it takes a long period to be settled. Thank you.