Construction employees demand status guarantee<\/p>\n
The Jakarta Post, Medan<\/p>\n
Hundreds of employees of a regional construction company staged a
\ndemo at the city council building in Medan, North Sumatra, on
\nMonday demanding a guarantee for their future employment status
\nfollowing the state owned firm's management transfer.<\/p>\n
PD Pembangunan Medan, a state construction company run by the
\nregional administration, plans to transfer the management of its
\nAmplas, Pinang Baris and Teladan terminals to the municipal
\ncommunications office.<\/p>\n
The employees protested against the change from their 12-year
\nstatus as regular personnel of PD Pembangunan into casual daily
\nworkers following the transfer, without certainty about their
\nfixed salaries and old-age benefits.<\/p>\n
They urged that city councilors seek the municipal
\nadministration's prompt response to the issue, otherwise \"we will
\nmobilize all families of the employees to stage a large-scale
\nprotest,\" said Triono Hadi, coordinator of the action -- the
\nthird so far.<\/p>\n
\"Though we get paid below the provincial minimum wages at only
\nRp418,000 monthly, our status is legally protected, which is not
\nthe case when we serve as casual workers under the communications
\noffice,\" he told The Jakarta Post.<\/p>\n
Ibnu Hajar, vice chairman of the Medan legislature, promised
\nto discuss the fate of the employees in a meeting between the
\nmunicipal administration, the communications office and PD
\nPembangunan slated for Wednesday.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, PD Pembangunan President Director T.H. Rajagukguk
\nexplained to the protesters that the terminal management takeover
\nby the communications office was in line with a decree of the
\nminister of communications.<\/p>\n
\"The terminals in Medan were put under PD Pembangunan's
\nmanagement in 1990 by then Mayor Bachtiar Djafar, so it is only
\nproper to return their management to the communications office,\"
\nhe added.<\/p>\n
Rajagukguk, however, declined to comment on the status change
\nof its employees under the communications office. \"It is beyond
\nmy authority to answer it, just leave the matter to the Mayor,\"
\nhe said.<\/p>",
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