237 fired PTDI workers receive severance pay<\/p>\n
Yuli Tri Suwarni, The Jakarta Post, Bandung, West Java<\/p>\n
The Jakarta State Administrative High Court (PTTUN) has decided
\nto delay its ruling, not as reported on Thursday, while the
\nmanagement of state-owned aircraft manufacturer PT Dirgantara
\nIndonesia (PTDI) is unlikely to reinstate its workers, as 237 of
\nthe total 6,651 dismissed workers have already received severance
\npay.<\/p>\n
PTDI president Edwin Soedarmo said here on Thursday that the
\n237 were among 1,300 dismissed workers who had accepted their
\ndismissal and fulfilled the necessary administrative requirements
\nfor payment.<\/p>\n
"We hope that the dismissal process will be completed in March
\nso that we can concentrate on our program to salvage the
\ncompany," he said.<\/p>\n
He added that the company had received US$66.5 million from
\nthe Indonesian Banking Restructuring Agency (IBRA) for severance
\npay.<\/p>\n
The company fired 6,651 of its 9,350 workers following
\nfinancial problems it had experienced since 1997. The ailing
\ncompany -- founded by former minister of research and technology
\nBJ Habibie in 1988 -- had suffered during the prolonged financial
\ncrisis in the late 1990s, encountering difficulties in marketing
\nits products both at home and overseas.<\/p>\n
Edwin said that the company would not wait for the verdict
\nbefore continuing with the dismissals. He claimed the delay
\nfavored the ruling of the Central Committee for Settlement of
\nLabor Disputes (P4P).<\/p>\n
Edwin denied reports that a verdict had been issued on the
\ncase, saying that according to his lawyers, the court had asked
\nP4P to delay acting on its decision to allow the judges presiding
\nover the case more time to reach a verdict.<\/p>\n
It had earlier been reported by the media, including The
\nJakarta Post, that the court had overturned P4P's decision.<\/p>\n
In a plenary session on Feb. 28, P4P had agreed to support the
\ndecision to dismiss the workers.<\/p>\n
Edwin said that his company would appeal the verdict with the
\nSupreme Court if PTTUN overturned P4P's decision.<\/p>\n
Around 1,000 dismissed workers staged a rally near the
\ncompany's compound on Jl. Sudirman in Bandung on Thursday,
\ndemanding that the company reinstate them and pay their salaries
\nand annual bonus over the period since the dispute began in July
\n2003.<\/p>",
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