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        "id": 1403925,
        "msgid": "biscuit-workers-go-on-protest-1447893297",
        "date": "1998-08-04 00:00:00",
        "title": "Biscuit workers go on protest",
        "author": null,
        "source": "JP",
        "tags": null,
        "topic": null,
        "summary": "Biscuit workers go on protest TANGERANG (JP): About 3,100 workers from the biscuit manufacturing PT Mayora Group staged a protest demanding a 15 percent wage increase at the firm's complex on Jl. Telesonic in Jatiuwung district here. They also demanded that the firm provide them with meal and transportation allowances. Most of the workers sat along the road leading to the complex, while others unfurled banners and posters under the watchful eye of security officers.",
        "content": "<p>Biscuit workers go on protest<\/p>\n<p>TANGERANG (JP): About 3,100 workers from the biscuit<br>\nmanufacturing PT Mayora Group staged a protest demanding a 15<br>\npercent wage increase at the firm's complex on Jl. Telesonic in<br>\nJatiuwung district here.<\/p>\n<p>They also demanded that the firm provide them with meal and<br>\ntransportation allowances.<\/p>\n<p>Most of the workers sat along the road leading to the complex,<br>\nwhile others unfurled banners and posters under the watchful eye<br>\nof security officers.<\/p>\n<p>\"Please, go ahead with your protest, but don't damage company<br>\nproperty,\" shouted one of the officers.<\/p>\n<p>The workers acknowledged they were paid in line with the<br>\nregional minimum wage of Rp 198,500 per month. \"However the wage<br>\ndoes not include any allowances and we would like to clarify<br>\nthis,\" said one of the workers who requested anonymity.<\/p>\n<p>Sudiro, the firm's personnel manager, said that since no<br>\nworkers' delegation presented themselves to discuss their<br>\ncomplaints with the management, the firm asked the protesters to<br>\ndisperse.<\/p>\n<p>He hoped the workers would return to work as usual today.<\/p>\n<p>Commenting on the demand for a pay increase, Sudiro explained<br>\nthat wages were increased last month in line with the new<br>\nregional minimum wage regulations. (41\/hhr)<\/p>",
        "url": "https:\/\/jawawa.id\/newsitem\/biscuit-workers-go-on-protest-1447893297",
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    "sponsor": "Okusi Associates",
    "sponsor_url": "https:\/\/okusiassociates.com"
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