THE labour movement is gearing up for a new mission now that the worst of the recession is over.
It wants to support the transformation of Singapore's economy as global competition for investment and jobs intensifies - and achieve this without leaving any worker behind.
Labour chief Lim Swee Say delivered this message when presenting his report card on the labour movement's achievements in the past two years.
In doing so, he ticked off two key performance indicators that had been met. These were: avoiding record layoffs, and preventing a rapid rise in the number of unemployed workers.
He presented his report to some 1,000 union leaders and employers at the National Trades Union Congress' Ordinary Delegates' Conference, a three-day meeting at the Orchid Country Club that began on Tuesday.
The NTUC, which is known for inventing catchy phrases like 'Cut Costs to Save Jobs' and 'Upturn and Downturn', came up with new two acronyms for the labour movement's latest mission.
These were 'CBF', for cheaper, better and faster; and 'all CAN', for all types of workers - whether they are blue-, silver- or white-Collar employees, and regardless of their age and nationality.
'For the labour movement, the only option is make sure we have a CBF economy powered by an all CAN workforce,' said Mr Lim.
- The Straits Times
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