Malaysian workers hold rallies<\/p>\n
KUALA LUMPUR (AFP): Malaysian workers urged the government
\nduring rallies Saturday to solve serious labor woes as Premier
\nMahathir Mohamad called on workers to help in the economic
\nrecovery.<\/p>\n
\"For decades plantation workers have been fighting for monthly
\nwages and better housing, but the government has ignored their
\nplight,\" Mohamad Nasir Hashim, president of the Socialist Party
\nof Malaysia told AFP.<\/p>\n
Nasir said about 300 workers, mostly from the plantation and
\nfactory workers living in urban squatters, have gathered in a
\nvillage just outside of Kuala Lumpur to demand genuine change.<\/p>\n
The illegal gathering came on International Labor Day, a day
\nof reflection on the struggle of workers in the past who fought
\nfor better living and working conditions, he said.<\/p>\n
Nasir said Malaysia must have the political will to force
\nplantation owners to provide monthly wages and guarantee housing
\nif the workers are displaced when the plantations are converted
\ninto housing projects.<\/p>\n
\"But it is clear, the government lacks the political will,\" he
\nsaid.<\/p>",
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