The National Union of Banking Employees (Nube) has called on the Ministry of Human Resources and the Department of Trade Union Affairs to grant travel permission to its officials so that they can better represent the interests of banking employees affected by the ongoing lockdown.

The union claims that the department’s actions in refusing to grant travel permission act in contradiction to the International Labour Organisation (ILO) Convention - to which Malaysia is a signatory.

“After a series of email communications, the ministry asked Nube to provide justifications for the travel permission application...