Lokal Politics
Every week, policy wonks and news junkies Vanan and Dan dissect and debate the latest happenings in Singapore and beyond.
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Lokal Politics
EP26: Can the NTUC and PAP Relationship Endure? With Mike Thiruman
Do unions in Singapore really fight for workers' rights? Should they be independent? What is the relationship really like between the NTUC and the PAP?
Join Vanan and Dan, as they grill Mike Thiruman, General Secretary of the Singapore Teachers' Union, on life as a unionist.
A deep dive into the role of unions in Singapore, on a very special episode of Lokal Politics!
CHAPTERS
(00:00) Teaser
(00:12) Intro
(03:56) The goal of unions is long-term job security.
(06:57) We've had strikes before!
(17:10) The industrial peace we have can't be taken for granted.
(24:21) How do we organize the unorganized? No other country has done this for Platform Workers.
(39:45) We make the conscious choice to keep the relationship with the PAP.
(35:02) How Unions negotiate behind closed doors.
(41:46) Difficult to build relationships if leaders change every 3 - 4 years.
(48:39) There's a lot more dialogue now.
(51:28) Break
(54:09) I didn't know unionists were elected!
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