Migrant workers in Malaysia win Goodyear legal battle


  • Nation
  • Saturday, 12 Jun 2021

KUALA LUMPUR (AFP): Dozens of foreign workers in Malaysia have won a legal battle against US tyre giant Goodyear for underpaying them, their lawyer said on Friday (June 11), the country's latest case of migrants being mistreated.

The relatively affluent nation is home to millions of overseas workers from poorer parts of Asia, who do low-paying jobs in factories, on plantations and as domestic workers.

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