An Award For The Underprivileged

Minister for information & broadcasting C M Ibrahim, who gave away the awards to six workers (of which five were women) on behalf of NCL, from fields as diverse as construction, forest and home-based garments said for the first time in years he had performed the ceremony straight from his heart. And as the workers cheered, he added: In the past, so many other occasions have been artificial ones.

The NCL, an umbrella organisation that brings together some of the best-known unions in the unorganised sector, was set up last year to provide a united voice to this sector, which comprises about 93 per cent of the workforce