The Electrical Industry Workers' Union (EIWU) urged the government to allow the withdrawal of Employee Provident Fund (EPF) contributions from Account 1 to ease the burden of Malaysian workers suffering from the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic.

EIWU shares the views of several non-government agencies, political parties and academicians in voicing out full support for the proposed withdrawal of EPF funds from Account 1 by the affected workers, said the union's general secretary Md Zaini Md Yusof in a statement today...