Shoe factory workers go on strike<\/p>\n
TANGERANG (JP): Some 4,500 employees of a shoe factory in
\nBalaraja have gone on strike and staged a noisy protest in their
\nfactory compound to demand their annual Idul Fitri bonus and
\nholidays.<\/p>\n
The employees of PT Tae-Hwa Indonesia (THI) on Jl. Raya Serang
\nwhich produces Fila and Langford footwear threatened to continue
\ntheir massive strike unless the management met their demands.<\/p>\n
\"We want the company to pay us the same amount of THR (Idul
\nFitri bonus) as in previous years, and exclude the Idul Fitri
\nholidays from the regular annual holidays,\" one of the protesters
\nsaid in a statement during the Monday's rally, which started at 8
\na.m.<\/p>\n
The protesting workers also demanded no reduction of their
\nbonuses, a significant rise in their meal allowances,
\nmenstruation leave for female workers and the reactivation of the
\nfactory's health clinic.<\/p>\n
\"If our demands are not met, we'll stay on strike,\" one of the
\nfemale workers yelled to the crowd.<\/p>\n
After a series of negotiations held between the
\nrepresentatives of workers and the management, almost all of the
\nworkers' demands were finally granted by the company, which had
\njust received the ISO 9002 certificate.<\/p>\n
According to the head of the company's human resources
\ndevelopment M. Jazuli, THI would for example give the workers the
\nsame Idul Fitri bonus as last year and would hand it over to the
\nemployees next week or at the latest a week before Idul Fitri.<\/p>\n
\"But the size of bonus would differ from one worker to
\nanother, depending on their length of service,\" Jazuli said.<\/p>\n
The bonus would be 100 percent of the salary for those who
\nhave worked for one year, 225 percent for two years with the
\ncompany, and 325 percent for those who have worked for three
\nyears and more, he said.<\/p>\n
The company also agreed to increase the daily meal allowance
\nfrom Rp 1,000 to Rp 1,500 and to exclude the Idul Fitri holidays
\n-- this year from Jan. 16 through Jan. 23 -- from regular
\nholidays.<\/p>\n
\"We also promise to accommodate female workers with days off
\nas menstruation leave,\" Jazuli added.<\/p>\n
The protesters greeted the management decision with loud
\napplause before peacefully dispersing. (41\/emf)<\/p>",
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