Should DBS sack it's Angmo CEO for not consulting Unions
before retrenchments?
This guy has made monkeys of union bosses of NTUC.
"I am so malu"
"Why you made a monkey out of me?"
"Even monkeys got pride, ok?"
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LABOUR chief Lim Swee Say on Friday slammed DBS Bank for failing
to consult its staff union on retrenching its workers or exploring
other cost-cutting measures first.
'We are disappointed by the sudden decision,' he told The
Straits Times when asked for his views on the DBS layoffs.
'There was no prior consultation with the DBS Staff Union. There
was no exploration with the union on other cost reduction
alternatives,' he said in an email reply on Friday.
Mr Lim, an advisor to the DBS staff union, said this lack of
communication has weakened the trust between the bank's management
and union.
Not mincing his words, he added: 'It is regretable because trust
takes a long time to build but a short time to destroy.'
His criticism came on day 2 of DBS' retrenchment exercise, a
move that has drawn flak from the public as being pre-emptive
rather than reactive.
Mr Lim laid it on, saying: 'Perception on the ground is that DBS
has decided on retrenchment as the first resort. Ground reaction is
critical and highly negative.'
http://www.straitstimes.com/Breaking%2BNews/Singapore/Story/STIStory_302299.html
