Bus drivers to strike<\/p>\n
JAKARTA: Employees of state bus company Perum Damri have
\nthreatened to hold a national strike if its management did not
\ncomply with labor regulations.<\/p>\n
Federation of Public Transportation-Indonesian Prosperity
\nTrade Union (FTA-SBSI) secretary-general Andy William Sinaga,
\nsaid on Tuesday Perum Damri management had failed to conform with
\ngovernment regulation No. 26\/2001 on salaries.<\/p>\n
\"There is a gap. State city bus company PPD's base pay for
\nlevel II employees is Rp 825,000 (US$88.91) while Damri's is only
\nRp 325,000,\" he said.<\/p>\n
Sinaga said many Damri employees had to retire five years
\nearlier than the government's minimum age of 55 years. The
\ncompany had also intimidated its employees against establishing
\nor joining the trade union, he said.<\/p>\n
FTA-SBSI representatives from Bali, East Java, West Java, and
\nJakarta held a demonstration at Perum Damri's central office in
\nEast Jakarta on Tuesday. They plan to take their demands to
\nseveral government ministries on Wednesday. -- Antara<\/p>",
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