Paiton's workers plan strike<\/p>\n
The Jakarta Post, Jakarta<\/p>\n
Workers at the giant power plant owned by PT Paiton Energy in
\nProbolinggo, East Java, have threatened to launch a two-day
\nstrike starting next Wednesday in a bid to get \"compensation\"
\nfrom their employer.<\/p>\n
PT Edison Mission Operations and Maintenance Indonesia
\n(EMOMI), which operates and maintains the power plant, said the
\nmanagement had tried to negotiate with the workers, but the
\nefforts had thus far failed to bear fruit.<\/p>\n
\"Any strike action would have a big impact on millions of
\nIndonesians,\" EMOMI said in a statement on Friday.<\/p>\n
The power plant, which is better known as Paiton Swasta I, is
\none of the main suppliers of power to the Java-Bali grid. It has
\ntwo generation units with having a capacity of 615 Megawatts. A
\ndisruption at Paiton would thus have a serious impact on power
\nsupplies on both islands.<\/p>\n
Paiton Energy is owned by U.S.-based Edison Mission Energy
\n(EME), the holding company of EMOMI; Japanese firm Mitsui,
\nAmerican firm General Electric and local firm PT Batu Hitam
\nPerkasa.<\/p>\n
EMOMI said the workers were demanding what they termed
\n\"compensation\" following the sale by EME of its international
\nassets in several countries. It did not specify the buyers of the
\nassets.<\/p>\n
The workers argued that under the Manpower Law (No. 13\/2003),
\nthey were entitled to be paid \"compensation\" following on from
\nasset sales. However, EMOMI's management rejected their argument,
\nsaying they had no such right as the asset sales did not affect
\nthe ownership structure of EME's assets in Indonesia.<\/p>\n
EMOMI warned the workers against going ahead with the strike
\nplan, saying a strike would be against the law and the workers
\ncould be jailed or fined for their actions.<\/p>\n
According to the firm, the strike would jeopardize electricity
\nsupplies and, under the Electricity Law (No.20\/2002), anyone who
\ndisrupts electricity supplies to the public can be jailed for a
\nmaximum of three years or fined a maximum of Rp 500 million.<\/p>",
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