SINGAPORE: The National Trades Union Congress (NTUC) is rolling out a new initiative to ready workers for artificial intelligence, including training pathways paired with a subsidy for AI tools.<\/p>\n
NTUC secretary-general Ng Chee Meng announced the launch of the AI-Ready SG initiative at the NTUC Career Festival on Friday (Feb 13).<\/p>\n
More than 5,000 job opportunities by over 70 employers are available at the two-day career fair at the Sands Expo and Convention Centre.<\/p>\n
“We’re launching the NTUC AI-Ready SG initiative as a commitment to walk alongside our workers, support them through the change, and ensure a fair and just transition for them in the AI-powered future,” said Mr Ng.<\/p>\n
He described the initiative as a “one-stop shop” that aims to equip workers with AI skills, support companies in business transformation and job redesign, and improve job matching.<\/p>\n
The labour chief acknowledged the challenges that both workers and businesses face when it comes to AI.<\/p>\n
Job security was the top concern for one in five workers in NTUC’s survey of about 2,000 workers conducted in late 2025.<\/p>\n
This job insecurity stemmed from economic uncertainties, AI automation and the fear of skills obsolescence, according to NTUC.<\/p>\n
Professionals, managers and executives were also more worried about the impact of AI on their jobs.<\/p>\n
At the same time, many businesses, especially small- and medium-sized enterprises, say they want to adopt AI but face cost pressures and capability constraints, said Mr Ng.<\/p>\n
“That’s exactly why NTUC must step up and step in to ensure that Singapore’s transition into an AI-enabled economy is fair, inclusive and sustainable for all,” he said.<\/p>\n
The labour chief was speaking one day after the delivery of the government’s Budget 2026<\/a> statement, which includes a focus on AI.<\/p>\n Mr Ng said NTUC was “wholeheartedly behind the government’s thrust to ensure that Singapore is AI-enabled, AI-ready, both for the businesses and for the workers”.<\/p>\n Budget 2026 includes initiatives like “AI missions”<\/a> to drive AI-led sectoral economic transformation and free premium AI tools<\/a> for Singaporeans taking selected training courses.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"SINGAPORE: The National Trades Union Congress (NTUC) is rolling out a new initiative to ready workers for artificial…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":292175,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[345,343,114,184,85,46,148558,148559,25391],"class_list":{"0":"post-292174","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-economy","8":"tag-ai","9":"tag-artificial-intelligence","10":"tag-business","11":"tag-economy","12":"tag-il","13":"tag-israel","14":"tag-national-trades-union-congress","15":"tag-ng-chee-meng","16":"tag-ntuc"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/292174","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=292174"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/292174\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/292175"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=292174"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=292174"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=292174"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}