Labor union honors Marsinah<\/p>\n
JAKARTA (JP): The All-Indonesia Workers Union (SPSI) has
\ndeclared May 9 a national day opposing violence against workers
\nin honor of Marsinah, the murdered labor activist.<\/p>\n
\"Beginning this year, May 9 will be marked as a day of anti-
\nviolence. We will use this day each year to renew our campaign
\nfor the fundamental rights of workers,\" union chairman Imam
\nSudarwo said during a short ceremony at the union's headquarters
\nin Jakarta on Tuesday.<\/p>\n
Marsinah's badly mutilated body was found in an abandoned
\nshack in Nganjuk near Sidoarjo in East Java on May 9, 1993, only
\na few days after she led a workers strike at the watchmaking
\ncompany where she was working.<\/p>\n
Her death has become a rallying point for labor unions and
\nhuman rights organizations to press the government and employers
\nfor better treatment of workers.<\/p>\n
\"All workers should honor Marsinah and her services to the
\nworkers' cause on May 9. They should also campaign for the
\nelimination of violence and exploitation of workers,\" Imam said.<\/p>\n
The union earlier conferred the title of \"workers' heroine\" on
\nthe deceased Marsinah.<\/p>\n
Marsinah also won, posthumously, the Yap Thiam Hien human
\nrights award given by the Foundation for the Center for Human
\nRights Studies in December 1993. (rms)<\/p>",
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