TO do so, the Prime Minister must rework the Malaysia Madani concept by placing a Malaysian by law first agenda instead of going universal.
YOU want the 18 year old to 30 year old men and women's support, how about showing them you care, they matter, instead of just dishing out hand outs here and there and making them memories some slogans.
HOW to win, their support immediately? You can start by stoping this madness. READ : Human Resources Ministry to draft new method of implementing minimum wage.
MINIMUM wage in Malaysia is the single most discriminating law against Malaysians, and have effectively made the Bangladeshi foreign workers as the real Bumiputera's of this country.
CONSIDER this, at the entry level say at 7 Eleven, (and i have crossed checked with those working there), the salary of a fresh Malaysian newbie is RM1,500, the same wage a newbie Bangladeshi worker, who cannot converse in Bahasa Malaysia receives.
THE difference is, the Malaysian worker will have to fork out his own money for transport and lodging, while the foreign worker gets accomodation and transport provided to and from work.
GRANTED, a nominal amount is cut from the foreign workers pay for this services, but they aren't paying market rates unlike the Malaysian worker who will have to pay market rates for both transport and accommodation.
OR how about, the clearly discriminatory in formal policy of requiring Malaysian workers in the security guard sector to have their own transport, while no such requirements are required for the foreign worker?
SO how do we turn all this ill feelings into votes? Simple by giving the young Malaysian workforce a fair shake as well as the pride in knowing that in Malaysia a premium is given to you, if you are a Malaysian.
HOW do we do that? By doing away with minimum wage, have a very specific Malaysian worker quota for each sector in the job market, such as construction, plantation and the service sector and so on which could range from as low as ten per cent to as high as 70 per cent, with laws that specifically forbide companies to bring in foreign workers unless the Malaysian quota has been met.
AND then to compensate for the abolishment of minimum wage, make it mandatory by law at the entry level, all Malaysian workers must be paid 30 per cent more in wages compared to the newbie foreign worker.
THIS way if an employer says he or she must pay a foreign worker RM1500 to entice them to work here, then automatically all his Malaysian workers in the same section of work must receive RM1950 in salary
