Police fire on glove protesters<\/p>\n
MEDAN, North Sumatra: Police fired rubber bullets at factory
\nworkers and beat them with batons after strike in North Sumatra
\non Friday turned violent, leaving nine workers and two riot
\nofficers wounded.<\/p>\n
Antara reported from Medan that dozens of employees of rubber
\nglove factory PT Latexindo Toba Perkasa, held a demonstration in
\nfront of the factory to demand a minimum wage hike and the
\nreinstatement of colleagues dismissed following a similar protest
\nearly this month.<\/p>\n
Angered by what they said was the cool reaction of the company
\nmanagement, the workers later started to pelt the building
\nwindows with stones. They also tried to jump over the gate, which
\nwas closed from the morning.<\/p>\n
\"We had to use rubber bullets because the workers became
\nviolent,\" Medan Police chief Col. Nono Supriyono said on
\nSaturday. Some officers were badly injured, he said.<\/p>\n
A worker said one of her colleagues was shot in the leg.<\/p>\n
The workers demanded a daily wage increase from the present Rp
\n1,400 to Rp 8,000, saying their current income was still below
\nthe regional minimum wage.<\/p>\n
The company's head of human resources development Nur Salasan
\nhinted the average monthly salary was above the Rp 174,000
\nminimum monthly wage.<\/p>\n
The company which employs 685 workers agreed to increase
\nworkers' minimum wage to Rp 200,000 following their strike
\nearlier this month. (prb)<\/p>",
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