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<strong>NTUC</strong> May Day Awards 2013 Citations<br />
COMRADE OF LABOUR AWARD<br />
Chandraseker Sundarajoo Shunmugam<br />
Nominated by Building Construction And Timber Industries Employees’ Union<br />
Down-to-<br />
Earth<br />
Brother Chandraseker Sundarajoo Shunmugam joined the Building<br />
Construction And Timber Industries Employees’ Union (BATU) in 1997. Elected to the<br />
BATU Executive Council as a member in 1999, he was appointed as the Second Assistant<br />
General Secretary in 2002 to 2005, and Second Vice-President in 2005. In his current fourth term<br />
in the BATU Executive Committee, Brother Chandra has assumed the role of member in order to<br />
groom younger leaders.<br />
Brother Chandra is the Branch Chairman of Suntec Singapore International Convention and<br />
Exhibition Centre (Suntec Singapore). Through his close working relations with the management,<br />
coupled with his efforts in pushing <strong>NTUC</strong> initiatives, Suntec Singapore has signed the Tripartite<br />
Agreement on Fair Employment Practices, adopted the ADVANTAGE! scheme, and is committed<br />
to the re-employment of older workers.<br />
Brother Chandra’s sincere and down-to-earth approach has earned<br />
him the respect of the management and members alike. As such,<br />
he has been entrusted with other leadership roles within BATU,<br />
including Chairman of the Membership Committee, and Vice-<br />
Chairman of the Activity Committee.<br />
At the <strong>NTUC</strong> level, Brother Chandra has served as a member of the <strong>NTUC</strong> Youth<br />
Committee, the <strong>NTUC</strong> Membership Committee (Industrial Sector), and as an alternate<br />
member in the <strong>NTUC</strong> Workplace Safety & Health Committee. He is currently a member<br />
of the <strong>NTUC</strong> Industrial Workers Education and Training Fund (IWETF) Committee.<br />
In recognition of his positive contributions to BATU and fellow workers, the National Trades<br />
Union Congress is pleased to present Brother Chandraseker Sundarajoo Shunmugam<br />
with the Comrade of Labour Award.<br />
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