JP\/3\/GARMENT6<\/p>\n
Labor dispute settled at Duta Busana Danastri<\/p>\n
JAKARTA (JP): The management of PT Duta Busana Danastri
\ngarment factory settled its dispute with its workers, agreeing
\nyesterday to stop the night shift work and discontinue worker
\nlayoffs.<\/p>\n
At the meeting at the company's office, the workers,
\nrepresented by Suparlan, agreed to go back to work. The meeting
\nwas witnessed by representatives of the National Commission on
\nHuman Rights and the Ministry of Manpower.<\/p>\n
Both management and the workers also agreed to establish an
\narbitration body as well as a new union, whose leaders would be
\nelected democratically in the near future.<\/p>\n
The commission's secretary general, Baharuddin Lopa, and the
\ndirector for work norm standards at the Ministry of Manpower,
\nAmrinal, attended the signing ceremony at the company's office on
\nJl. Kemandoran, South Jakarta.<\/p>\n
According to Lopa, the workers have gained handsomely by
\nsettling old labor disputes.<\/p>\n
He added that the workers and management would meet soon to
\nelect the board members of an arbitration body and the new union.<\/p>\n
"Our intervention with this conflict was quite effective," he
\nsaid.<\/p>\n
Earlier this month, the San Francisco-based Levi Strauss &
\nCo., franchiser of Levi's and Dockers brand clothing, upon
\nlearning of the labor strike reaffirmed their commitments that
\nrequire contractors to obey local laws, respect workers rights
\nand to provide a safe and healthy work environment.<\/p>\n
Elliani Sapta Dewi, who represented the management at the
\ncompany, refused to give details on Duta Busana's contract with
\nLevi Strauss, saying it was a private affair.<\/p>\n
Lopa said that the company would likely meet the workers'
\ndemands for a Rp 250 (US$0.11) meal allowance within the next six
\nmonths, after the factory consolidates its operations.<\/p>\n
Lopa told newsmen after the meeting that he did not find any
\npractices of human rights violation at the company. He further
\nargued that the dispute was partly caused by differences of views
\nbetween the management and workers.<\/p>\n
Legal representatives of the workers conceded
\nthat it was better to be working than striking, although they
\nwere still striving for better working conditions. (09)<\/p>",
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