2012 Singapore bus drivers' strike

[2] Prior to November 2012, the last industrial action in Singapore had been a legal strike in 1986 that involved workers at the U.S.-based oil equipment manufacturer Hydril.

Around 16:00, SMRT representatives met with the protesters at the dormitory and promised them a monthly pay raise of S$25, but this was not sufficient to end the strike action.

[3][5] Representatives from SMRT, the National Transport Workers' Union, as well as the Chinese Embassy in Singapore quickly convened at the Woodlands dormitory, but they failed to convince the bus drivers to end the strike.

[8] Investigators subsequently determined that the strike had been masterminded by SMRT employees Gao Yue Qiang, He Jun Ling, Liu Xiangying, and Wang Xianjie.

[3] National Trades Union Congress secretary-general Lim Swee Say surmised that the strike happened because the workers and their employers "did not work closely enough".