'Berita Buana' staff sues management<\/p>\n
Urip Hudiono, Jakarta<\/p>\n
Journalists and employees of Berita Buana daily newspaper filed a
\ncivil lawsuit on Monday at the East Jakarta District Court
\nagainst their company's management, for not paying them a salary
\nover the last eight months.<\/p>\n
\"We have not received our pay since October 2003,\" said Ating
\nSupriyatna, a representative of the workers. \"The management has
\nalso not shown any intention of resolving the situation, although
\nthere has already been a settlement facilitated by the Ministry
\nof Manpower.\"<\/p>\n
As explained by lawyer Junimart Girsang, the workers therefore
\nhad no other choice than to sue PT Berita Media Buana Pers,
\ndirector Rahim Sukasah, and Nirwan Bakrie, as commissioner of PT
\nBakrie Capital Indonesia (BCI), which is PT Berita Media's
\nholding company.<\/p>\n
The workers, Girsang continued, are demanding Rp 1 billion in
\nmaterial losses, which is the total of their unpaid salary for
\neight months. They are also demanding Rp 90 billion, or Rp 1
\nbillion each, in nonmaterial losses.<\/p>\n
The employees have also requested an asset preservation order
\non Nirwan's house in Simprug, South Jakarta, and Rahim's house in
\nCinere, also in South Jakarta.<\/p>\n
Girsang also said that the workers had separately filed a
\ncomplaint of embezzlement by the management to the police, in
\nwhich both Rahim and Nirwan have been summoned for questioning.<\/p>\n
Ating explained that the workers had actually filed a
\ncomplaint against the management concerning the situation to the
\nmanpower ministry in January. In February, a tripartite agreement
\nwas reached, in which the management was required to pay a total
\nof Rp 518 million in salaries and compensation fines to the
\nworkers.<\/p>\n
\"The management, however, has not adhered to the agreement
\nyet, and has apparently been evading all questions from us about
\nit,\" he claimed.<\/p>",
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