NTUC officially launched the Tour Guide Chapter (TGC), a professional chapter under the care of the Attractions, Resorts & Entertainment Union (AREU) on 2 July 2012 at NTUC Centre, witnessed by more than 200 licensed tourist guides and industry players.
TGC is a platform set up by the Labour Movement to address employment and employability issues in the tourism industry.
It aims to be the collective voice of licensed tourist guides, to raise the professionalism of the industry through quality up-skilling programmes and to provide relevant union membership benefits to its members.
On the newly launched TGC, NTUC Assistant Secretary-General and AREU Executive Secretary Ms Cham Hui Fong said: “As the Labour Movement pushes for freelancers to be given more protection against unfair treatment by their clients, TGC is advocating likewise for freelance licensed tourist guides who are currently covered under contract law but not the Employment Act.
“Through our established tripartite connections with companies and relevant Government agencies and our expertise in labour laws, we hope to be an effective collective voice for our members to engage the relevant authorities constructively in workplace issues as well as raise their professionalism through relevant development programmes.”
TGC currently has more than 300 members since it was set up last July. It hopes to reach out to as many tourist guides as possible through popular social media platforms like Facebook.
Our official Facebook page will provide regular updates on attractions’ latest news, upcoming professional development courses and FAM tours as well as updates on discussions with our tripartite partners.
You can find more details of the Tour Guide Chapter on NTUC’s U Portal.
