Workers

There is no shortage of profits in Malaysia’s banking industry. In 2025, some RM51 billion in pre-tax profits was recorded, up 13% from the…

The 1978–79 MAS-AEU struggle was one of the most significant industrial battles in Malaysia’s post-independence history. Thousands of airline workers confronted management, state repression and the limits of trade union struggle, while receiving remarkable international solidarity. Nearly half a century later, their struggle offers vital lessons on workers’ power, political organisation and the need for an independent socialist alternative.