Expert: MTUC tussle has defanged labour movement

KLANG: A leadership tussle in the Malaysian Trades Union Congress (MTUC) in recent years has reduced the major organisation to a shadow of its former self.

Industrial relations expert Dr R. Nagiah said the infighting and power struggle in the umbrella body for the past two triennial delegates’ meetings (over six years) had taken a toll on the labour movement in Malaysia.