Singapore: Unions extend assistance to migrant worker dormitories

The  Singapore National Trades Union Congress (SNTUC) and Migrant Workers’ Centre (MWC) furthered their concerted efforts to contain the spread of COVID-19 particularly amongst migrant workers and those living in dormitories. 

With the circuit breaker measures in place, the MWC has supported the inter-agency taskforce to provide support to migrant workers and dormitory operators. Leveraging the MWC Grassroots Network, which has some 5,000 migrant workers volunteers residing in all large purpose-built dormitories (PBDs), MWC has been able to provide timely ground feedback to the taskforce so that issues and problems can be rectified quickly.

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