NTUC membership surpasses 1.4 million ahead of May Day

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This is up from over 900,000 memberships when Mr Ng took on the secretary-general role in 2018.

NTUC said its advocacy efforts since 2014 in pushing for short-term financial support for the involuntarily unemployed are bearing fruit, leading to the recently launched SkillsFuture Jobseeker Support scheme.

It noted that its Job Security Council, which was created during the Covid-19 pandemic to help displaced workers during the economic downturn, has placed over 110,000 workers from February 2020 to November 2024, including PMEs.

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Author / Journalist: Sharon Salim

Category: EconomyBusiness

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Topics: Workers Ntuc Support Movement Help Career April Older Training Labour Cent

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Published On: 2025-04-20 @ 18:30:00 (4 days ago)

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