Case No 2717 (Malaysia) - Complaint date: 22-MAY-09

Malaysian Trades Union Congress (MTUC)

Allegations

The complainant organization alleges that the British American Tobacco Company (Malaysia) Berhad (BAT Malaysia) reclassified existing posts within the company in order to prevent employees who were members of the British American Tobacco Employees Union (BATEU) from retaining their union membership. Following this re-designation exercise, a 2007 decision of the Director-General of the Department of Trade Union Affairs and Industrial Relations ruled that the BATEU could represent only 15 employees out of the company’s total workforce of 1,000, rendering the union effectively unable to function.

Case No 2717 (Malaysia) - Complaint date: 22-MAY-09

Malaysian Trades Union Congress (MTUC)

Allegations

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