SETTLEMENT OF DISPUTE ON ESOS

Finally the ESOS issue, which has dragged on from 6th March 2008, has been settled on 15 April 2008 after the Unions met with the Top Management Team together with representatives from the Board Of Directors in Kuala Lumpur on 15th April 2008. The meeting agreed to allocate an extra share of 500 shares each to the Non-Executive employees of TM Group who has served for more than 10 years

Subsequent Roadshow, together with the Unions, will be conducted soon to elucidate the detail of the scheme.

With the above settlement, the Unions have called off its proposed picket scheduled to be held on 25 April 2008 together with the rest of its action plan to submit a memorandum to the PM and to write an appeal letter to all Members of Parliament. The Unions has also agreed to lift its boycott on all TM meetings and official functions that has been in force since February 2008.

UTES Executive Council would like to thank all members for your patience and undivided support and we hope that support of this nature should continue.

However, other issues that have not been settled will be dealt with before the end of April 2008 when the three Unions NUTE,UTES & SUTE) will have another round of meeting with the outgoing CEO YBhg Dato Sri Abdul Wahid Omar and the incoming CEO YBhg Dato’ Zamzamzairani Mohd Isa to discuss and resolve the outstanding issues in particular the issue on Outsourcing.

OUR STRUGGLE CONTINUES

Thank you and regards.


MOHAMAD IBRAHIM HAMID ABS
President

GRIEVANCE (ESOS)

To All UTES members.

All the 3 unions i.e. NUTE, UTES & SUTE collectively has rejected the way ESOS was allocated to the non-executive which are 2 lots and 3 lots respectively. The Unions protested against the quantum of allocations though the management says it was fair.

Most of us have submitted the 'Borang Penerimaan Saham Esos' under protest. We would like to urge all members to also submit the Grievance form in complying to Article 21 of TM-UTES CA7 and copy to the Union through the Branch Officials soonest. The complaint to be written in the form are as follows:-

"Saya membantah pembahagian saham ......... lot kerana tempoh perkhidmatan saya dalam syarikat tidak diambilkira. Saya membantah dan tidak puas hati."

"I protest against the allocation of shares which is .......... lots because my length of service was not taken into account. I protest and I am not satisfied."

Members prompt action is highly appreciated.

President

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MESSAGE FROM PRESIDENT

A BIG THANK YOU TO ALL MEMBERS FOR YOUR UNDIVIDED SUPPORT.....

Your presence during the picket is felt. That’s not the final. Our struggle continues. Myself & GS will be attending the 3 Unions meeting on 28th March night to discuss our next move. If issues are not settled and dispute has been declared we may go to the street again very soon. Are you ready???? The next picket may be held in Kuching, Sibu and Miri. ENOUGH is ENOUGH We resort to this action because we love the Company and we want the Company to survive. Livelihood of the members are crucial. We want long term employment.

NO MORE TO OUTSOURCING

PETIKAN DARI UTUSAN MALAYSIA ONLINE

Abdul Wahid terajui Maybank lebih awal
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KUALA LUMPUR 20 Mac – Datuk Seri Abdul Wahid Omar akan menerajui Malayan Banking Bhd. (Maybank) dua bulan lebih awal daripada perancangan awal berikutan pelantikan Presiden dan Ketua Pegawai Eksekutifnya, Datuk Amirsham A. Aziz sebagai Menteri di Jabatan Perdana Menteri pada Selasa lalu.


Abdul Wahid yang merupakan Presiden dan Ketua Pegawai Eksekutif Kumpulan Telekom Malaysia Bhd. (TM) akan menerajui kumpulan perbankan terbesar negara itu pada 1 Mei ini berbanding perancangan awal pada 1 Julai 2008.


‘‘Berikutan pelantikan Datuk Amirsham A. Aziz sebagai ahli Dewan Negara kelmarin bagi pelantikannya sebagai Menteri di Jabatan Perdana Menteri, adalah diumumkan tarikh pelantikan Datuk Seri Abdul Wahid Omar sebagai Presiden dan Ketua Pegawai Eksekutif Maybank kini ialah pada 1 Mei 2008,’’ kata kenyataan Maybank kepada Bursa Malaysia.


Menurut kenyataan itu, selain daripada melepaskan jawatannya sebagai Presiden dan Ketua Pegawai Eksekutif Maybank pada Selasa lalu, Amirsham turut melepaskan jawatan yang dipegangnya dalam anak syarikat kumpulan itu membabitkan Aseambankers Malaysia Bhd. dan Mayban Fortis Holdings Bhd. pada hari yang sama.


Berikutan perkembangan terbaru itu, Pengarah Eksekutif dan Ketua Pegawai Kewangan Maybank, Datuk Aminuddin Md. Desa dilantik sebagai Pemangku Ketua Pegawai Eksekutif bank tersebut berkuatkuasa semalam hingga 1 Mei ini.


Menurut kenyataan itu, Aminuddin akan bertanggungjawab terhadap operasi kumpulan perbankan itu.


Sebelum ini, Pengerusi Maybank, Tan Sri Mohamed Basir Ahmad berkata, pemilihan Abdul Wahid juga berlandaskan keupayaan dan kejayaan beliau memimpin beberapa syarikat milik kerajaan (GLC), dan Maybank yakin beliau akan meneruskan kejayaan dengan kualiti tersebut di bank itu.


Abdul Wahid telah menyertai sektor kewangan selama 10 tahun sebelum dilantik sebagai Ketua Pegawai Eksekutif TM.

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CEO TM dipercayai mendapat ratusan lot ESOS - NUTE
Salmiyah Harun dan Roy Rasul Wed Mar 19, 08 3:24:49 pm MYT
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KUALA LUMPUR, 19 Mac (Hrkh) - Kesatuan Kebangsaan Pekerja-Pekerja Telekomunikasi Malaysia (NUTE) mendakwa CEO TM, Dato' Abdul Wahid Omar memperolehi ratusan lot daripada saham Tawaran Skim Opsyen Saham Kakitangan (ESOS) walaupun beliau dikatakan baru empat tahun memegang jawatan sebagai CEO di Telekom. -->-->

Menurut Presidennya Mohamed Shafie BP Mammal yang dihubungi hari ini, walaupun semasa mesyuarat khas antara NUTE dengan CEO TM semalam tidak menyatakan berapa lot saham yang diperolehinya mereka mendakwa beliau mendapat ratusan lot.

Sebelum ini, ada dakwaan menyatakan CEO terbabit mendapat 2,000 lot bagaimanapun Mohamed Shafie menafikan dakwaan tersebut.

"Bagi kami, beliau dipercayai mendapat ratusan lot dalam ESOS, pembahagian ini tidak adil sedangkan 26,000 kakitangan Telekom bukan eksekutif mendapat RM2,000 dan RM3,000," katanya.

Satu lot saham ESOS bernilai RM1,000 di mana pekerja bukan eksekutif yang berpiket semalam memperolehi dua hingga tiga lot seorang iaitu antara RM2,000 hingga RM3,000.
Jika seseorang kakitangan yang mendapat ratusan lot bermakna akan mendapat saham yang dianggarkan ratusan ribu ringgit.

Jelas Shafie, pembahagian saham sepatutnya dinilai mengikut pengalaman kerja kerana pekerja bukan eksekutif inilah yang membangunkan TM.

Bahkan katanya, pekerja bukan eksekutif kebanyakkannya terdiri daripada mereka yang sudah lama berkhidmat malahan ada yang lebih 30 tahun.

NUTE juga membantah cara-cara pengurusan TM mengendalikan isu 'outsourcing' dengan tidak memberi pembelaan kepada pekerja khususnya yang telah lama berkhidmat.

Mereka juga meminta kerajaan mengkaji semula peranan syarikat GLC dan juga tindakan khazanah mengenai sistem 'outsourcing' yang dianggap berat sebelah.

NUTE mempunyai keahlian seramai 15,000, Kesatuan Pekerja Telekom Sarawak (UTES) seramai 2,000 dan Kesatuan Pekerja-pekerja Telekom Sabah (SUTE) mempunyai 1,000 ahli, masing-masing mengadakan piket secara aman seluruh negara semalam bagi membantah keputusan Kumpulan TM ke atas tatacara pemberian ESOS.

Semalam, kira-kira 500 ahli Nute yang menyertai piket di Pantai Bangsar, berhampiran Menara TM.

Mereka mula berkumpul pada jam 5.30 petang sambil memegang sepanduk dan poster yang bertulis "ESOS jangan nafikan hak kami" serta "Pembahagian Esos mestilah telus, jujur dan adil".

Kebanyakan peserta piket memakai baju dan tudung berwarna merah sebagai tanda protes sambil meniup wisel membuatkan suasana agak bising di samping 'horn' yang dibunyikan oleh setiap kenderaan yang melintasi mereka .

Sebelum piket bermula, Nute telah mengadakan mesyuarat bersama Abdul Wahid Omar, selama dua jam, namun tiada keputusan dibuat.

NUTE akan menghantar memorandum kepada Perdana Menteri jika tidak mendapat jawapan yang sepatutnya daripada Abdul Wahid.

Pemegang saham TM melalui mesyuarat agung luar biasa pada 6 MAC 2008 meluluskan tawaran skim ESOS khas pengasingan TM bagi anggota kumpulan TM. Kelulusan ini diterima baik oleh ketiga-tiga kesatuan dan seluruh anggota TM. - mns

The Story of the "Boat Race"....what an irony

The American and the Japanese decided to engage in a competitive boat race. Both teams practiced hard and long to reach their peak performance. On the big day they felt ready. The Japanese won by a mile. Afterward, the American team was discouraged by the loss. Morale sagged.

Corporate management decided that the reason for the crushing defeat had to be found, so a consulting firm was hired to investigate the problem and recommended corrective action. The consultant's finding: The Japanese team had eight people rowing and one person steering; the American team had one person rowing and eight people steering.

After a year of study and millions spent analyzing the problem, the consultant firm concluded that too many people were steering and not enough were rowing on the American team.

So as race day neared the following year, the American team's management structure was completely reorganized. The new structure: Four steering managers, three area steering managers and a new performance review system for the person rowing the boat to provide work incentive.

The next year the Japanese won by two miles. Humiliated, the American Corporation laid off the rower for poor performance and gave the managers a bonus for discovering the problem.

The Borneo Post - 19/03/2008