1.
A FEW WORDS ABOUT THE MIEU
This pamphlet is distributed to you by officers of
the Metal Industry Employees’ Union (MIEU)
to give you some idea about our Union’s aims ad
objectives.
MIEU was registered on 16th December, 1963
and today we have more than 12000 members
from 100 factories in the Metal Industries
throughout the country.
Our main objectives is TO OBTAIN AND
MAINTAIN FOR OUR MEMBERS JUST
AND PROPER RATES OF REMUNERATION,
SECURITY OF EMPLOYMENT AND
REASONABLE HOURS AND CONDITIONS
OF WORK, AND TO PROVIDE ADVICE
AND ASSISTANCE TO METAL- WORKERS.
2. HOW CAN THE MIEU HELP YOU?
We are not here to promise you that your wages
would be doubled and your bonus tripled etc.
immediately after joining our Union.
We are not here to suck your employer dry and
give everything he owns to you.
We are not here to ask you to become a member
today and go on strike tomorrow.
WE ARE HERE TO SHOW YOU THE BEST
WAY TO GET A BETTER DEAL FROM THE
EMPLOYERS LEGALLY AND THROUGH
PEACEFUL NEGOTIATIONS.
In order to enable us to help you, you must such employers and the Ministry would take
become a member of the MIEU appropriate action against such employers.
3. HOW TO BECOME A MEMBER? 6. WHAT YOU SHOULD DO NOW?
You can become a member by filling in a We have tried our best to give you some idea
membership application form which can be about MIEU but to get more details and to get a
obtained from our HQ either in person or by post clearer picture you should drop in at our
and sending it to us. Headquarters or at any of our area office close to
you and have a discussion with our officers or
4. CAN YOUR EMPLOYER DISMISS you can write to us more details.
YOU FOR JOINING THE MIEU
NOW IT IS YOUR TURN TO DECIDE AS TO
This is the most common question asked by the WHETHER YOU WANT TO HELP US TO
workers approached by our Union for the first HELP YOU.
time. YOUR EMPLOYER CANNOT DISMISS
YOU FOR BECOMING A MEMBER OF OUR All over the world, Metalworkers are among the
UNION. It is illegal for your employer to first to unite to defend their common interests.
practice any form of discrimination against Economic and moral strength comes from unity.
Union members.
5. HOW WOULD YOUR EMPLOYER
REACT?
If your employer is reasonable and fair then he’ll
not oppose the Union. He’ll accept the
information of a Union as part of the factory set
up and extend his cooperation to the Union to
establish good employer/ employee relations.
If your employer is presently exploiting you by
paying wages lower than he can easily afford
then he’ll be anti-Union. He’ll try to find ways
and mean to undermine the Union. But you need
not worry because out Government is opposed to
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Tel: 603-79567214 / 79550257
Fax : 603-79550854
Email: mieum5@gmail.com
METAL INDUSTRY EMPLOYEES’ UNION

Pejabat – Pejabat Kawasan

Uniting
MIEU Kawasan Utara
2958, Jalan Prai
Metalworkers
Taman Inderawasih,
13600 Prai.
Tel/ Fax : 604-3981175
Since 1963
MIEU Kawasan Selatan
Tingkat 3, 4P
Jalan Tun Abdul Razak,
80200 Johor Bahru
Tel/Fax : 607-2238218

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