"The labor movement recognizes the need to restore our cost competitiveness, " explains legislator Lim Swee Say, deputy secretary general of the National Trades Union Congress.

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Ms Cheong, formerly an assistant director in the membership department of the National Trades Union Congress (NTUC) - the trade union centre in Singapore, was sacked on Monday morning.

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