PT CRC workers stage protest<\/p>\n
TANGERANG (JP): About 800 workers of pharmaceutical
\nmanufacturer PT Cisadane Raya Chemical (CRC) staged a protest at
\nthe firm's plant in Karawaci here Tuesday, demanding their
\nemployers recognize their newly founded union.<\/p>\n
The protesters, who gathered at the plant on Jl. Imam Bonjol
\nfrom 8 a.m., also wanted the company's management to revoke its
\ndecision to suspend the union's chairman, Budi Purwanto.<\/p>\n
According to the workers, Budi was suspended from his job at
\nthe export-oriented firm for one month on July 14.<\/p>\n
\"He was accused by the company of having intimidated one of
\nhis colleagues,\" said one of the workers, asking for anonymity.<\/p>\n
The union was set up by the plant employees on June 19 on the
\ngrounds that hitherto there had been no labor organization at the
\nfactory.<\/p>\n
The workers' initiative to establish the union was rejected by
\nthe management.<\/p>\n
\"The company apparently would like to set up a worker's union
\non their own,\" said the worker.<\/p>\n
After a meeting with the workers' representatives and local
\npolice officers, CRC president Mohammad Taha said the company had
\nnot been informed by the workers about the establishment of their
\nunion.<\/p>\n
\"I don't care if the workers intend to form a union here as
\nlong as the establishment is done under a both-sides agreements,\"
\nTaha said.<\/p>\n
Before setting up the union, he said, the workers should have
\nundertaken a five-day special course beginning next Monday.<\/p>\n
\"It's designed to prevent disputes (among the union's
\nmembers). From the course, it's believed the workers would be
\nable to elect their union chairman based on their own wishes,\"
\nsaid Taha.<\/p>\n
Talking about Budi's suspension, Taha said that his case was
\nbeing studied by staff at the Ministry of Manpower.<\/p>\n
\"His suspension has nothing to do with the union,\" Taha said.<\/p>\n
The protesters dispersed peacefully at midday after the
\ncompany promised to study their demands further. (41\/ivy)<\/p>",
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