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We, the undersigned, stand in solidarity with Singapore’s migrant workers. the Singapore government, employers, and all Singaporeans to examine the systemic issues that affect migrant The outbreak of the virus in dormitories exposed migrant workers’ appalling living conditions. We are heartened by the outpour of donations and vocal support extended to the migrant working community workers and migrant domestic workers) and TWC2.

They are our migrant construction workers, our domestic helpers, and many of our nurses. In coming to Singapore, many of our migrant workers have left their children behind with their families We are still in the midst of a pandemic which has seen hundreds of thousands of migrant workers confined ” of the pandemic.[3] There are two Singapores: one for citizens and “expatriates”, and another for migrant Many of Singapore’s migrant workers come from these communities.

emissions by 45% by 2030) (read our post on why care work is climate work here) Read our statement on the migrant Many migrant worker faced issues with getting medical care and decent food. As of 1 Dec, 26% of SG’s eligible population had a booster shot, while as of 18 Dec, 88% of eligible migrant

million Indians travelled to Malaya, whereas a shorter period saw more than 750,000 Chinese indentured migrants Within a similar timespan across the globe, there were 3.7 million indentured migrants, of which 3.3 Singapore profits off global economic disparity by ‘importing inequality’ with its dependence on low wage migrant Governing Tamil Migration to Malaya 1870–1941,” Past & Present, no. 208 (2010): 235. Amrith, Crossing the Bay of Bengal: The Furies of Nature and the Fortunes of Migrants (Cambridge, Mass

and delivery workers have been rightfully recognized as deserving of more remuneration, Singapore’s migrant workers and migrant domestic workers did not even make it onto the list. Migrant workers, many of whom are indispensable to Singapore’s construction industry, have been in lockdown Migrant domestic workers, almost all of them living with their employers, faced more demands on cleaning On the other hand, Chinese and Indian migrants were seen as more cooperative (and yet unworthy of trust

with adequate insurance and many other labour laws that, for example, mandate that workers should be granted What more, for other blue collared jobs that both local and migrant workers do? but through exploitation and oppression: in the form of underpaying, undervaluing, and especially for migrant To make matters worse, low-wage migrants (especially foreign spouses and migrant workers on work permits

As we have learnt from the recent Parti Liyani court case, migrant and low-wage workers are often in Fossil fuel workers, many of whom are migrants in precarious positions, must be supported and empowered

LGBTQ: Pink Dot, Sayoni, Oogachaga and more (see list of orgs on SG LGBT wiki) Migrant Workers: HOME, TWC2 Transformative Justice Collective Eastside and Migrant Mutual Aid Environment: LepakInSG, Students

This includes our migrant workers, who are often left out of such conversations even though they play We saw how our migrant workers have suffered the most during the pandemic because of years of neglect

offset additional GST expenses, we note that they are only for Singaporeans, and excludes low-wage migrant

On the flipside, these measures are both physically and economically impossible for migrant workers who Hundreds of migrant workers, who moved to cities to find work, have been rendered jobless and homeless

One reason for migrant workers from India having to come to Singapore to work in exploitative jobs such