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OMICA(P) 175/07/2007 MayU 2008 A Newsletter Of PAGEThe Union Of Power And Gas Employees • www.upage.org.sg A Renewed Line-Up ...VP...IR ES O Rahman Tay Seng Chye Steps Takes Over Down As UPAGE President UPAGE HPFC3PathA.indd 2 5/26/08 12:59:45 PM Process CyanProcess MagentaProcess YellowProcess Black CONTENTS
Advisor Sin Boon Ann Executive Council President Tay Seng Chye 3 7 Vice-Presidents Michael Tan Kok Liang Durai Pandian K Executive Secretary S Thiagarajan General Secretary Nachiappan RK Sinniah General Treasurer Mohammed Salleh Kassim Deputy General Secretaries Tang Woot Meng 11 13 Suseela A Singaram Anbalagan s/o Veeramuthu Editorial 9 | UPAGE Cares Assistant General Treasurer Another Day Another Member Helped James Neil Manas 2 | Editorial Assistant General Secretaries 11 | PowerSeraya’s Long Service Awards Andrew Chew Thian Peng 2 | UPAGE’s Leadership Change From 10 To 35 And Beyond Mohd Zulkifli Abdullah A Refreshed UPAGE Line-Up! Members 11 | PowerSeraya Launches Desalination Plant Chan Fook Leong Mohammad Yusoff Salleh Union Works Milestone Towards Self-Sufficiency Yap Swee Bin S Ramachandran 3 | UPAGE’s Leadership Change 13 | Senoko Power And UPAGE Deepen Goh Choo Kiat Rahman Steps Down As UPAGE Relationship R Panjiawarnam President Partnering For A Better Future Adam Amin Thomas K Pillay 5 | Temasek’s Sale Of Tuas Power 13 | Senoko Power’s Family Day Kathy Foo Swan Lian Chia Jee Kwang New Owners At Tuas Power Fun Is What You Make Of It Suhaini Salleh Ismail Ta’at 7 | First Collective Agreement Signed 15 | SembCorp Utilities’ Gala Dinner Ravuan Aman Worley Parsons Gives Recognition ‘Reaching Out To The World’ Mohamed Isa Rais Industrial Relations Officer 7 | Keppel Merlimau Cogen Secret Ballot 15 | Sale Of SP Building At Somerset Aaron Neo Workers Vote for UPAGE Staff Redeployed After Sale
8 | Skills Upgrading 17 | Singapore Power’s Long Service Awards PowerGrid Effort Pays off 40 And Counting
Editorial Team Great Staff Great 17 | Singapore Power Group Adopts Fair Abdul Rahman Mahbob Employment Practices Nachiappan RK Sinniah Company Good And Fair Employer S Thiagarajan Aaron Neo 9 | NTUC Union Fame Award 2008 A Star Is Born
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An NTUC Media Co-operative Limited Production Editorial he past year has been an interesting and hectic time for the union. At the leadership level, we saw the passing of one great leader and retirement of another experienced leader. Other developments included the sale Tof power generation companies and the pursuit of the Labour Movement 2011 Vision. The leadership transition saw Comrade Tay Seng Chye succeeding Comrade Abdul Rahman Mahbob as President. Moving forward, we are clear that expert and professional input and advice is needed as the challenges ahead will be more complex and demanding. Understanding UPAGE’s situation, NTUC extended the service of Comrade S Thiagarajan as Executive Secretary and Comrade Aaron Neo as UPAGE Industrial Relations Officer at a nominal fee. Special thanks also to Advisor Comrade Sin Boon Ann who was heavily involved in discussing the leadership changes. The sale of Tuas Power went off smoothly. UPAGE was closely consulted by Temasek from early last year when the matter was broached to the union. Several initiatives were undertaken to pursue the goals of the LM2011 vision. Our delegates are doing their best to recruit new members. Every member can join us in this effort to convince those who are standing alone to join the union. UPAGE never hesitated to raise members’ related issues with any level or even the regulator. UPAGE met the Energy Market Authority on future directions especially those having an impact on the employment of members. Members have been receiving better bonuses this year. This is due to the great work of branch officials and delegates. They are the link between members, union and the management – negotiating and working behind the scenes quietly and effectively. So, let us say a big THANK YOU to the branch and delegate officials, our unsung heroes.
RKS Nachiappan UPAGE General Secretary
A Refreshed UPAGE Line-Up!
resident Tay Seng Chye took over on 12 November 2007. Elected as a branch delegate in 1995, he has over the last 12 years taken on various leadership positions. Starting as P Assistant General Secretary, then Deputy General Secretary and then Vice-President, he now serves UPAGE as President and is concurrently the Chairman of the Power Seraya Branch. Mr Tay has a degree in Business Administration in addition to a Diploma in Electrical Engineering and a Diploma in Management Studies. Vice-President Durai Pandian K is not a new face to union work. He has been a union leader since the 1970s and was the former Deputy General Secretary of the PUB Daily Rated Employees Union. He played a key role in skills upgrading of daily-rated employees to technicians. Durai Pandian started as the PowerGrid Assistant Secretary, then entered the Exco and became the Assistant General Treasurer as well as the PowerGrid Branch Secretary. He has a Diploma in Industrial Relations which he completed in 2004. Mr S Thiagarajan was appointed UPAGE’s Executive Secretary in November 2007. As the union’s former Industrial Relations Consultant, Mr Thiagarajan has worked closely with UPAGE leaders for close to six years. He comes with many years of IR experience in various
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OUR Scholar and concurrently the Director of the Ong Teng Cheong Institute of Labour Studies. Mr Aaron Neo recently joined the union as its Industrial Relations Officer. Despite working less than a year in the union, Mr Neo’s amiable nature May 08 has helped him gain the trust and confidence of the leaders. He assists UPAGE General Secretary RKS Nachiappan in the day to day affairs of the union. He was educated in the National University of Singapore and holds a first class honours degree.
PAGE ■ As UPAGE President Rahman Steps Down UPAGE’s LeadershipChange university. deserves a credit with at least a degree from this by graduates of the University of Life. And Rahman UPAGE has been well powered the management’s perspectives. leaders, you need to understand have a clear head. For union relations issues, you need to UPAGE LeadersHaveDoneWell appointed him a Mentor. leaders union the figure, fatherly a as him forrespect their relationship and and support of the other leaders, the CEOs and human resource personnel. upon him. He added he could not have achieved so much without the teamwork especially during the corporatisation and divestment of some of its subsidiaries.helped the genco insuccessfully overcoming the challenges facing the company the union. and companies the between relationships harmonious building in especially the companies represented by UPAGE. MatthiasYao, UPAGE Advisor Sin Boon Ann, CEOs and senior management of Generals Heng Chee How and Halimah Yacob as well as Member of ParliamentOffice Lim Boon Heng, NTUC President John Payva, NTUC Deputy Secretary- namelyImmediate PastSecretary-General andMinister NTUC,thePrimein Minister’s from dignitaries included guests other Ching, Ho Officer Executive 2007. Besides the special guest Temasek Holdings Executive Director and Chief handed over the leadership baton to Mr Tay Seng Chye. technologynew businessand practices whichimpactedworkforce.the on He therestructuring ofthe power and gas industry aswell changes brought onby management, his term of office covered many difficult challengesinception that1995.Widelysinceitsrespectedmembers,in by unionofficials came and with M Inrecognition ofhis outstanding contribution and asan expression ofclose Mr Rahman said he was deeply humbled by the words and praises bestowed Singapore Power Group CEO Quek Poh Huat recounted how Mr Rahman had All the CEOs expressed their appreciation and admiration for his leadership The union held a grand appreciation dinner for Mr Rahman on 14 November Dealing with industrial younger leaders come forward and take on the mantle of leadership. rAbdul Rahman Mahbob, 68, made his exit as UPAGE President to let Mr Rahman has been a unionist since 1963 and President of UPAGE Lim Boon Heng
generations. will be passed on to younger Rahman’s school of tripartism hard times. I certainly hope the with us through the good and who had worked tirelessly self. He is a man of reason who practises service above Service BeforeSelf management. and cooperation of the with the continued support under the new leadership and scale even greater heights Scaling Greater Heights sessions. during negotiations and dialogue calming effect on his listeners gift of reducing tension and a communicator, he had a natural of our members. An artful for to protect the interests articulate what UPAGE stands The BatonPassed Tough AndFair union. Nachiappan and others in the General Secretary Brother Nithiah Nandan and UPAGE together with the late Brother of issues, working very closely as can be seen in his stewardship and visionary. He had foresight balanced and fair in their views generation; tough but very are products of a different Rahman was able to I am certain UPAGE will Leaders like Brother Rahman He is an example of one Tay Seng Chye, UPAGE Pr UNION WORKS NTUC Deputy Secretary-General PowerSeraya President and CEO Abdul Rahman M Neil Garry McGregor, former Vice-President Halimah Yacob, PAGE eside ahbob
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PAGE ■ had emphasised stakeholder interests and clearly stressed to the union that that union the to stressed Group clearly The and relations. interests stakeholder labour-management emphasised had harmonious of model Singapore’s members. thereby its of process, interests the bidding safeguarding rigorous the to throughout asked buyers was potential and the all process meet sales the throughout by Temasek confidence in kept UPAGE was industry, gas and power the in workers of interests the Representing T New Owners At Tuas Power Temasek's SaleOfTuas Power long term shareholder in China Huaneng. confident that they will find a supportive and constructive their professionalism, dedication and commitment. I am continue to enjoy high quality electricity supply through this first sale process. They have ensured that Singaporeans advice through the years of restructuring and also through the leaders and members of UPAGE for their support and management and staff of Tuas Power, and especially to with unions. bidders’ track record in dealing We also wanted to find out the the companies it represents. cooperation and consultation with confrontational and involved close relations in Singapore were not international bidders that industrial UPAGE had been impressed by the China Huaneng Group which understood understood which Group Huaneng China the by impressed been UPAGE had the sale of Tuas Power to China’s Huaneng Group for $4.235 billion. emasek Holdings concluded the sale of its first genco on 7 February 2008 with Our objective was to impress on the I would like to put on record our thanks to the board, This was the end of a long process that had begun the year before. before. year the begun had that process long a of end the was This Managing Director (Investments), Temasek Holdings UPAGE General Secretary RKS Nachiappan,
Wong Kim Yin, UNION WORKS continuing at Tuas Power, UPAGE looks Zaobao. repeated with interview an in later Chairman points these retrenchment. Group’s no The be would there the future of all. for well augurs it that and smooth be will transition the that confident is and owners new the meeting to forward Members. Members. Tuas as NTUC HQ joining Power from executives including staff 20 the sale. The union saw more than workers. the for package good a to secure hard worked also and buyers the impressed had union The process. sale the throughout scenes the behind effectively and quietly worked had UPAGE that employees told Puay Kong Lim company. the at relations labour-management building on harmonious and strong that the new owner was to committed workers the assured Both the subsequently staff at Tuas then HQ. and Station Power Tuas staff of the firstly addressed They staff. TuasPower to the jointly news broke officials UPAGE and Management Power Tuas The In TheUnion Confidence A ConfidentUnion With the existing management team Membership sign up rose after Tuas Power President and CEO PAGE ■
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favour of joining the Union of Power and Gas Employees. Merlimau Cogen. On 6 May 2008, all the workers voted in his had to be a special May Day for the workers of Keppel Development Resources Resources Private Limited from Singapore Development over bought Parsons orley agreement and succeeded in concluding the CA. union. the intoemployees WP of up signingfacilitating the in benefits. The union will also work with the management andsalary samethe enjoy theythat employees soown employees. capable technically and empowered committed, with workplace harmonious a build to continuing towards the CA with UPAGE on 1 November 2007 as a milestone The management of Worley Parsons sees the signing of win-win a achieve tocommitted were parties Both union. picking UPAGE as their and we thank them for made a correct choice workers have ballot. The go for a secret that we had to second time
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May 08 OURPAGE UNION WORKS Skills Upgrading PowerGrid Effort Pays off PowerGrid Branch officials’ determination to get workers to upgrade skills for better pay and prospects knows no end. Take the recent case of store assistants. The Branch together with SP PowerGrid Management met the 11 store assistants to persuade them to retrain to take on new responsibilities. But the meeting came to nought as workers had family commitments and could not attend training after office hours...
he Branch swung into action subsequently and convinced SP PowerGrid to conduct Mr Sivalingam training during office hours at SPTI. Once this was done, the officials met each T worker separately to drill home the importance lifelong learning for employability s/o Tanimaly and managed to convince six workers to take up the Certificate in Storekeeping Course. is a store The union has not given up on the remaining five workers and will continue to work on assistant in them to change their mindset. the Inventory With one group tackled, the focus now is on the 90 Assistant Technicians. Both Upage Management and SP PowerGrid recognise that with widening income gaps and rising cost of living, the S e c t i o n . sustainable way to help low-wage workers earn more pay is to get them to move up the skills H e w a s ladder. Both UPAGE and management have started discussions on training for the Assistant sponsored by SPPG to attend Technicians including exploring with the ITE and WDA on possible training programmes. the 2-month Programme The union is confident this is achievable as SP Management is strongly committed to skills Certificate in Storekeeping retraining for members. conducted by the Singapore Institute of Purchasing and Materials Management. Better Knowledge Good For Beginners Held from 21 August 2007 to 11 October 2007, the part- Before Work The introductory time 48-hour programme The course has provided us course on low-voltage is provides participants with good for all newcomers as the basic knowledge on store with a better understanding of the management, order picking low-voltage distribution network. it introduces to them our main job scope. and issuing, packaging and This has helped us tremendously distribution, stocktaking, in the actual work. Mohamed Idris Mohd Ibrahim, procedure for receiving goods, Lim Fang Chin, Technical Officer storehouse safety and security. Technical Officer (Regional Network West) Mr Sivalingam has since (Regional Network North) moved on to a 4-month part-time programme to get the Certificate in Logistics Management. Besides Mr Sivalingam, SPPG sponsors five of his colleagues for the course. PAGE I am grateful that OUR the company has sponsored me for the course. It allows me to upgrade my skills May 08 and enhance my career prospects. Sivalingam s/o Tanimaly Mohamad Idris (right) applies the knowledge learnt from the course to his work.
PAGE ■ shoulder and greater responsibilities. jobs their in upgraded been have qualificationsattaininghigherupon who company.theemployees 272005,Since A Upgrade Attain And Technical Officer in April April 2005. in Officer appointed Technical subsequently was and 2004 in graduated He Polytechnic. Singapore in Electrical from Engineering a company sponsored Diploma undertake to Huat Teck proceeded p i h laurels, s e rest c his i to t on n one e r p Not p a training. s i h f o completion successful on Technicianappointed in 2001 was and 1998 in Apprentice Technician a as company the Mr Tan Teck Huat started with challenges. responsibilities and despite the heavier excel in my work support, l is able to fter acquiring their new new are encouraged their to vie employees for vacancies in qualifications, acquiring fter With SPPG’s Tan Teck Huat A Star Is Born NTUC UnionFameAward 2008 Idol! Singapore. I mean those above 40s… It was like Singapore a great eye-opener. There are many talented singers in to cheer him on. Singaram who led more than 100 supporters and Chairperson Secretary of the City General Gas Branch Deputy Suseela and A Chye Seng Tay President good UPAGE had from He support judges. the impress to out among the 12 finalists. be tomembers unionother 400 thanmore competethewith to hadachievement he as Inter-Union the Karaoke Competition in2002, itwasgreat a including competitions Entertainment. and runs his own entertainment group, Mega of number a instruments. plays He is and also a days part-time school Disc Jockeysince 2008. M Grea ihrw e rsgain etr two letter resignation her withdraw her help to Department Resource baby. The union liaised with her theto tend toHuman leaveno-pay 1-year a for apply could she that her advised unionhelp.Afterlisteningtheher, to into action to see how the union could predicament, they immediately sprang newborn. theirfor she care to home at staywould that decided husband her and Irianah Madam financially, sacrifice huge a making be would she though M Member Helped Another Day Another UPAGE Cares Congratulations, Sharon. Atthefinals, Mohd Sharon sang his heart three in part taken has he though Even musicdabblingbeeninSharon hasMohd I thought it would be boring but to my surprise, it was When the branch heard about her infourth intheNTUC Fame Award made the union proud when he came ohd Sharon, 39, from City Gas branch adam Irianah Ibrahim was was Ibrahim Irianah adam her newborn child. Even Even child. newborn her facingproblemslooking after t S aff Grea the UPAGE Family. so that she can continue to be part of of her membership subscription dues deductionGIROappliedtheShefor for the assistance given by her branch. her no-pay leave approved. geteffecttookbefore daystoandit pay leave approved. assistance to get my no- to thank UPAGE for the Madam Irianah was very thankful Baby Taufik and I wish t company to the NTUC Fame Award. sponsoredattractiveanprize the in limelight, Gas City City Gas management putting In A supporter in her blog Irianah Ibrahim PAGE ■
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PAGE ■ 10 of of the Long Service Award ranging from progress. company the help to improvements continuous seek and united stay to staff the urged He years. a part of their lives for the past 10 to 35 the 51 staff who have made PowerSeraya McGregor to appreciation heartfelt his Neil expressed Director Managing Library. National POD, The at held people at its annual Long Service Awards of group special this honoured Limited staff. loyal and ingredients is having a team of dedicated T From 10 To 35 And Beyond PowerSeraya’s LongServiceAwards at Pulau Seraya Power Station, this new Resources), on 29 WaterJanuary 2008. and (Environment Secretary P All recipients for the five categories categories for the five All recipients On this joyous occasion, PowerSeraya On 29 November 2007, PowerSeraya joined the Public Utilities Utilities Board in 1983. Public the joined JoraimiAbdul Latiff. Allthree Secretary Deputy Branch and Abdullah Zulkifli Mohd BranchChye,SecretarySeng Tay President UPAGE were They Award. Service Long Officials received their 25-year Three PowerSerayaUPAGE Branch staff. PowerSeraya T Milestone Towards Self-Sufficiency PowerSeraya LaunchesDesalination Plant Built over 17 months and situatedandmonths 17 overBuilt a company. One of the key key the of One of company. a success that the to factors contribute many are here Amy Khor,SeniorParliamentaryAmy Plantwasofficially opened by Dr owerSeraya Limited’s Desalination AGE and n a E G PA U f o officials principal by h e event was attended For others, it is all about working in a company which cares for its workers its for cares which company a in working about all is it others, For the especially times good the forged among and friendships themselves strong bonds they have reminisced with the company. they as smiles all were years, 35 to 10 the company’s vision. dedicatedprofessionalsofteam the fulfilling committedstrongimprint onto a to greater heights as a leading integrated energy company in Singapore but leaves its water needs. Plantmarks significanta milestone for the company as it is now self sufficient in first-of-its-kind 10,000m-per-day Seawater Reverse Osmosis (SWRO) Desalination Grea The successful opening of the Desalination Plant not only elevates PowerSeraya t S aff Grea their dedication. I salute all recipients for also a contributing factor. and management were ties between the union loyal employees. Good dedicated service of many because of the long and This has been possible so much over the years. developed and prospered The company has t company Tay Seng Chye PAGE ■ 11 .
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