Textile workers stage protest<\/p>\n
TANGERANG (JP): About 1,000 employees of the polyester
\nmanufacturing company PT Yasunlitex staged a protest on Jl. Daan
\nMogot here on Tuesday to demand welfare improvements.<\/p>\n
The workers demanded an Rp 500 increase in their monthly
\ntransport allowance from Rp 22,000 (US$2) to Rp 22,500, and an Rp
\n4,500 increase in their monthly meal allowance from Rp 18,000 to
\nRp 22,500.<\/p>\n
They also asked the company to raise the night shift allowance
\ngiven to workers from Rp 300 to Rp 400 per shift and to reimburse
\nunused payments into a health care scheme.<\/p>\n
"We urge the company to allow us to cash in our annual health
\ncare budget if we do not use the money to pay for medical
\ntreatment," one of the workers who asked for anonymity said.<\/p>\n
M. Ivan, a company director, said that all the workers' demand
\nhad already been met by the management. "However, possibly some
\nof them remain unsatisfied with what the management has offered,"
\nhe said.<\/p>\n
Representatives of the workers held a meeting with the firm's
\nmanagement in the presence of officials from the local manpower
\nministry office and the local branch of the All Indonesian
\nWorkers' Union (SPSI). (41\/hhr)<\/p>",
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