Expat's hiring irks trade union

Expat's hiring irks trade union

KUALA LUMPUR (AP): Malaysia' largest labor organization
slammed companies yesterday that favored employing expatriates
over locals, the national news agency reported.

Employing foreigners instead of Malaysians is "morally wrong,"
Zainal Rampak, president of the Malaysian Trades Union Congress,
said.

Zainal was commenting on reports that a Malaysian private
television channel had appointed an Indonesian as a production
adviser instead of a Malaysian, Bernama news agency said. And the
production adviser had reportedly employed an Indonesian
production team to work for him, it said.

Employing foreigners in television stations is "totally
unacceptable" at a time when Malaysia's first private station is
likely to retrench about 700 local workers, he said. He did not
name any other company as favoring foreigners.