Disabled workers' lawsuit postponed<\/p>\n
JAKARTA (JP): The Jakarta State Administrative Court postponed
\non Monday the hearing of a lawsuit filed by at least 80 disabled
\nworkers against the Labor Dispute Arbitration Board at the
\nMinistry of Manpower as the board's lawyer lacked an
\nauthorization letter.<\/p>\n
Presiding judge Chairani adjourned the trial until next week,
\nreminding the board's lawyer, Ali Nurdin, to bring the letter
\nwith him in the next session.<\/p>\n
\"I'm sorry for the plaintiffs. But please don't come here in
\nsuch large numbers. A few representatives are enough,\" Chairani
\ntold dozens of disabled workers.<\/p>\n
The former workers from the Swa Prasidya Purna industrial
\nworkshop on Jl. Cempaka Putih, Central Jakarta, arrived at the
\ncourt at 9 a.m., but the judge only started the trial at noon.<\/p>\n
Representing the workers, lawyer Erna Ratnaningsih from the
\nJakarta Legal Aid Institute said the disabled were suing the
\nboard for approving their dismissal from the workshop.<\/p>\n
\"We urge the court to cancel the board's approval for the
\ndismissal,\" Erna said.<\/p>\n
She said the board had no authority to settle the dispute
\nsince the workshop was managed by social foundation Harapan Kita
\nset up by former first lady Tien Soeharto.<\/p>\n
The dispute occurred when the foundation chairman,
\nProbosutedjo, who is also former president Soeharto's
\nstepbrother, abruptly closed the workshop last August citing
\nbankruptcy.<\/p>\n
Following its closure, Probosutedjo asked the 80 workers to
\nreturn to their respective hometowns in Central Java, from where
\nthe foundation picked them up in the 1970s.<\/p>\n
The workers rejected the offer and asked the government to
\nallow them to manage the workshop, which could be used to run
\nvarious businesses, including printing, garment and handicraft
\nproduction and a household store. (jun)<\/p>",
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