To overcome this, the deputy minister urged Malaysia Airlines management and the unions to instil industrial harmony by finding solutions to the problems.
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He said there are many issues to be discussed, including a Code of Conduct for Industrial Harmony in view of the current economic situation.
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Yet from its inception the union expressed a belief in the possibility of industrial harmony, and announced itself in favour of establishing conciliation procedures.
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In return, the ACTU holds unions in check to deliver wage restraint, relative industrial harmony, and acceptance of many government initiatives once opposed by unions.
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Abom called on employers, if they have retrenchment plans, to adhere to the Code of Conduct of Industrial Harmony and to respect the collective agrements.
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The reason for the Code was to lay down principles and guidelines to employers and employees, on industrial relations practises which would achieve industrial harmony.
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The tripartite Code of Conduct of Industrial Harmony states that before an employer carries out a retrenchment exercise, he should explore other measures to cut costs.
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He said the Government had taken many steps to maintain and strengthen industrial harmony but these efforts would prove futile if trade unionists made misleading statements.
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Employers should abide by the Code of Conduct for Industrial Harmony of 1975 which required them to adopt positive measures to avert reducing their workforce, he said.
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Lim appealed to employers to do their part to maintain labour market stability and industrial harmony by not using the economic slowdown as an excuse to retrench workers.
