Mayora workers demand lost wages<\/p>\n
TANGERANG (JP): Hundreds of laid-off workers of publicly
\nlisted candy and biscuit producer PT Mayora Indah staged a rally
\nhere demanding they be paid in full until their dispute was
\nlegally settled.<\/p>\n
During the rally, the workers blocked Jl. Telesonik where the
\ncompany's factory is located, blocking trucks and other four-
\nwheeled vehicles from entering the site.<\/p>\n
After accepting the remaining half of their monthly wages,
\nsome of the workers held a sit-in in front of the factory to wait
\nfor the outcome of a discussion between 10 of their
\nrepresentatives and management.<\/p>\n
One of the workers, Suyono, said they urged the company to pay
\nthem in full, while their dispute was being examined at the
\nJakarta Administrative Court.<\/p>\n
\"We demanded the company give us full wages during the legal
\nprocess, as stated by a ministerial decree,\" he said.<\/p>\n
He said Minister of Manpower Fahmi Idris had earlier rejected
\nthe company's decision to fire the workers.<\/p>\n
According to the decree, Mayora was asked to reemploy the
\nworkers and pay their wages in full, he said.<\/p>\n
But Mayora had appealed the decision and filed a lawsuit at
\nthe court requesting cancellation of the decree, he said.<\/p>\n
In its provisional decision, the court decided to postpone
\nimplementation of the decree until the court issued a permanent
\ndecision regarding the lawsuit, Suyono said.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, Tangerang Manpower Office head Apon Suryana urged
\nthe workers and other related parties to obey the court's
\nprovisional decision.<\/p>\n
\"The provisional decision has been utilized by the employer
\nnot to pay the wages,\" he said.<\/p>\n
Many of the workers taking part in the rally were earlier
\narrested on Tuesday night for conducting a rally in front of the
\nCapital Market Supervisory Agency in Central Jakarta.<\/p>\n
Among the arrested people were nongovernmental organization
\nactivists, including Wardah Hafidz and poet Afrizal Malna from
\nthe Urban Poor Consortium.<\/p>\n
Lawyer Surya Tjandra of the Jakarta Legal Aid Institute said
\nWardah was released at 11 p.m. on Wednesday.<\/p>\n
\"She was questioned as a suspect for instigating the workers
\nrally,\" he said on Thursday.<\/p>\n
Surya said it did not appear police would bring the case to
\ncourt, because workers denied Wardah had provoked them.<\/p>\n
He said lawyers acting for Wardah from the Women's Association
\nfor Justice Legal Aid and the Human Rights and Legal Aid
\nAssociation were prepared if the case was brought to court.
\n(41\/jun)<\/p>",
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