Don't postpone payment of Idul Fitri bonus: Golkar<\/p>\n
JAKARTA (JP): The head of Golkar's manpower division has
\ncalled on businesses to pay up their Idul Fitri allowances in
\norder to prevent any unrest over the holidays.<\/p>\n
In a statement made available to The Jakarta Post, Marzuki
\nAchmad said that the failure of some companies to pay the
\nallowances is against the law and could result in strikes.<\/p>\n
\"Again, I call on businessmen not to postpone giving their
\nworkers the allowances or to cut the amount,\" Marzuki said,
\nadding that government officials should take action against those
\nbusinesses that violate the law.<\/p>\n
The government has instructed companies to pay the allowances
\ntwo weeks before Idul Fitri on Feb. 20.<\/p>\n
Should financial constraints force the postponement of
\nallowance payments, he said, a request and proof must be
\nsubmitted to the manpower ministry.<\/p>\n
In the same statement, the ruling political grouping called on
\nworkers who have already received their allowances to continue
\nworking and to not leave work until due time. They should also
\nreturn from the holidays as scheduled, he added.<\/p>\n
Numerous workers demanding their holiday pay have gone on
\nstrike in the city and in its surrounding areas since the
\nbeginning of the fasting month in January.<\/p>\n
The latest protests occurred at two garment companies in
\nTangerang, 30 km West of here, where about 1,000 workers went on
\na rampage.<\/p>\n
About 1,000 PT Frans Brother Sejati workers went on strike on
\nMonday and destroyed 22 cars owned by the company's officials,
\nwho had promised to pay them their holiday bonus on Feb. 10.<\/p>\n
The management claimed that the delay was due to the three
\ndays of flooding that hit Jakarta, from where the money had to be
\nbrought in.<\/p>\n
The workers are reportedly discussing the matter with the
\ncompany's management.<\/p>\n
Strike<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, some 200 PT Serat Sutra Indah Nugraha workers have
\nthreatened to go on strike unless the company pays their Idul
\nFitri allowances today, as promised.<\/p>\n
Head of company's All-Indonesia Workers Union (SPSI) branch,
\nChepi Syarifudin, told the Post yesterday that the agreement was
\nreached after officials from the company, the union and the
\nmanpower ministry met on Tuesday.<\/p>\n
Chepi said the workers could not accept the company's plan to
\npay the allowances after the holidays on Feb. 20 and 21, which
\nthe company said was caused by financial constraints. (03)<\/p>",
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