This article identifies the dilution of key aspects of labor standards and establishes their systematic links with the global integration of the Malaysian economy through capital and labor inflows. The approach taken in this article is that investors and migrants, may, serve as channels of (lower) labor rights. For this purpose, the study consolidates information through interviews conducted with trade unions, activist groups and non-governmental organizations. The findings suggest that migrants have influenced and lowered the labor rights for the unskilled group. Since migrants have little information about their rights, they are directed into the secondary labor market with insecure and exploitative jobs. They have therefore become a preferred source of employment, “naturally” relegating the unskilled locals into contractual jobs with minimal to no work entitlements.

本文确定了劳工标准主要方面的稀释性，并通过资本和劳工流入建立了它们与马来西亚经济全球一体化的系统性联系。本文采用的方法是，投资者和移民可以充当（较低）劳工权利的渠道。为此，该研究通过与工会，激进团体和非政府组织进行的访谈来整合信息。调查结果表明，移民影响了非熟练人群并降低了他们的劳动权利。由于移民对自己的权利知之甚少，他们被带到不安全和剥削性工作的二级劳动力市场。因此，他们已成为首选的就业来源，