Bogor workers continue strike<\/p>\n
BOGOR (JP): Hundreds of workers at a private company entered
\nthe fourth day of their strike yesterday, demanding meal and
\ntransport allowances.<\/p>\n
The workers of privately owned PT Upati, which produces photo
\nalbums for export, visited the local manpower office in the hope
\nthat their employers would agree to their request.<\/p>\n
The employees, who went on strike Saturday, want the company
\nto pay a meal allowance of Rp 1,500 (US 40 cents) and a
\ntransportation allowance of Rp 1,000 per day for each worker.<\/p>\n
But the company's personnel manager, Martin Pangemanan,
\nrejected the workers' demands saying that Upati was not in a good
\nfinancial state.<\/p>\n
\"The company's sales have decreased rapidly from between $1
\nmillion to $2 million in 1995 to only between $500,000 to $1
\nmillion now,\" Martin said yesterday.<\/p>\n
He said the price of the firm's products had remained constant
\nwhile the workers' salaries had significantly increased.<\/p>\n
The minimum wage rose by 10 percent in 1995, 30 percent last
\nyear and 10 percent this year, he said.<\/p>\n
After hearing Martin's explanation, the workers lowered their
\ndemand, asking the company for \"only\" Rp 1,000 a day for meals.
\nThey dropped their call for a transport allowance.<\/p>\n
But the revised meal money demand was also rejected by the
\ncompany executive.<\/p>\n
The workers and their employer agreed to have the matter
\nsettled in the Provincial Committee on Work Disputes in Bandung,
\nWest Java, after they were unable to reach a mutual agreement.
\n(24\/jun)<\/p>",
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