Glad that the late Brother Kumar (G Muthukumarasamy) has been conferred a Comrade of Labour (Star) (Bar) (Posthumous) at this year’s May Day Awards in recognition of his many contributions to workers and the labour movement. Brother Kumar was a former General Secretary of the Amalgamated Union of Public Daily Rated Workers. He passed away last November at age 68.
Three veteran trade unionists were also conferred the Comrade of Labour (Star) (Bar) accolade, the highest award category for unionists this year — Brother Karthikeyan Krishnamurthy, Executive Secretary, United Workers Of Petroleum Industry (UWPI Singapore); Brother Tan Hock Soon, General Secretary, FDAWU - Food, Drinks and Allied Workers Union; and Brother Toh Hock Poh, Consultant, Metal Industries Workers' Union (MIWU). All three remain involved in union work, drawing upon decades of experience to help brothers and sisters tackle current challenges.
COVID-19 has created an extremely challenging environment for workers and businesses. We will be progressively re-opening our economy and easing circuit breaker measures after 1 June. Our tripartite partnership — of government, the Labour Movement and NTUC Singapore, and employers — must work harder and more closely than ever to support workers and businesses. Recovery will be long and hard, but I am confident that together, we can overcome our difficulties.
Congratulations to all award recipients: go.gov.sg/mda2020citations! Thank you for your distinguished services to the unions and workers, and may it spur you on to greater contributions. – LHL
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(Wefie with Brother Kumar taken at the NTUC National Delegates Conference in October 2019. / Photo by me)
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