Founded 1954 | ||
Full name National Union of Plantation Workers Affiliation Malaysian Trade Union Congress (MTUC) Office location No. 428, A-B Jalan 5/46, Gasing Indah, 46000 Petaling Jaya, Selangor | ||
The National Union of Plantation Workers (NUPW) is the largest union in Malaysia and one of the largest in Asia. 1 It was formed in the Federation of Malaya in 1954 by an amalgamation of smaller plantation unions. It continues to represent manual laborers and semi-skilled workers in all of Peninsular Malaysia. 2 Ethnically, its membership has historically been of predominantly Indian origin.
P. P. Narayanan was General Secretary from 1954-1993. 2 The present executive secretary is A. Navamukundan. 3
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