Garment workers demand wage hike<\/p>\n
TANGERANG (JP): Hundreds of workers of garment producer PT
\nBali Nirwana Garmen in Kreo subdistrict, Ciledug here
\ndemonstrated on Monday to demand a 15 percent increase on their
\nwages, meal allowances, transportation fees and leave.<\/p>\n
The demonstrators, from among about 1,500 workers employed by
\nthe company, sat peacefully in the company's compound.<\/p>\n
\"I have been working here for 20 years but my wage remains the
\nsame as a new worker's,\" Supriyati, one of the workers, said,
\nadding that she earned Rp 172,000 a month.<\/p>\n
The workers also demanded that the firm pays costs of medical
\ntreatment for the workers and their family members, she said.<\/p>\n
The firm's marketing manager, Sham Kurnani, said that the firm
\nwould discuss the workers' demands, but reminded them that it was
\nnot easy to meet all the demands amid the current crisis.<\/p>\n
\"We can not guarantee to fulfill all the demands,\" Sham said.<\/p>\n
He said two of the demands, namely meal allowances and
\ntransportations fees, have been handed over to the Central
\nCommittee of Labor Disputes (P4P) of the Ministry of Manpower to
\nbe settled. (41\/jun)<\/p>",
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