It's not related to last year's retrenchment,says union chief

By Donald Urquhart

(SINGAPORE) PSA Corporation's plans to hire more than 60 new crane operators is not related to its large-scale retrenchment exercise last year, but is based solely on attrition, unexpected volume growth and expansion, the head of the port workers union said.

'The new recruits being taken in are to make up the numbers of natural attrition, because of the cargo upsurge and also to prepare for the opening of the two berths at Pasir Panjang Terminal next year,' said Singapore Port Workers' Union general secretary Ameer Hamzah yesterday ......
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